Outside the Beltway

We are observing an effort to embed democratically questionable sectarian norms into the day-to-day life of federal workplaces. 

It made history in many ways.

A mild-mannered JD Vance out-debated a nervous Tim Walz. It won’t matter.

Revisiting an old post.

The Top Two system has created perverse incentives.

What’s more important, appearances or action?

When prejudice overrides simple humanity.

The New York Times looks into ties between a DC area law school and the Supreme Court.

The longest-serving Supreme Court Justice is a nice guy.

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

Crises tend to be distracting.

A roundup of reflection on a somber anniversary.

A conversation in two parts.

A piece in The Atlantic inspires thoughts.

It does not create better deliberation.

The 87-year-old former San Francisco mayor isn’t woke enough.

The one-time wunderkind, blogging pioneer, and same-sex marriage champion is now on the outs.

Free speech is not for everyone.

We’re a long, long way from normal.

He’s repelling the people he needs to mount a comeback.

The State of the Union is petulant.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is ending a Presidential bid nobody knew existed.

Three new polls show significant changes in the Democratic race in the wake of last week’s debates.