Outside the Beltway

It’s going to be a long four years.

The 45th President looks to be the 47th.

Making 2024 about 2021 and 1777.

Vermin Supreme and Paperboy Love Prince have as good a chance as Vivek Ramaswamy.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

Car manufacturers are slowly removing an old format.

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

What was once impossible, then inevitable, has now happened.

Some of the early reactions to the inevitable announcement tell the tale.

Covering the coverage.

The iconic basketball player, coach, and civil rights leader is gone at 88.

The economic downturn is hitting groups in different ways.

When belief is more important than facts

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

The network’s longtime weekend anchor couldn’t take it anymore.

DC’s NFL franchise finally has a new name.

The singer and actor, born Marvin Lee Aday, is gone at 74.

The television star increasingly known for her longevity has passed days shy of her 100th birthday.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

Representatives Choosing Their Voters Rather than Vice Versa, Chapter 412.

Officers are under enormous pressure–including from the Federal government–to write tickets.

It goes into effect next season.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

A look back at the last time there was a challenge to a slate of electors.

The inevitable only took 105 years.

Donald Trump is in a category by himself.

Give him his damn respect.

One man’s fecklessness has gotten untold people sick.

A national nightmare that may not have changed many minds.

The general election campaign is about to kick off in earnest.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

Red lives matter.

Nike and FedEx may be able to do what Native American activists couldn’t.

Another bow to the inevitable.

Clips of recent police behavior reminded me far too much of scenes from authoritarian Latin America.

Why South Korea is so far ahead of us in fighting COVID-19.

It’s a reasonable question but not the right one.

Another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is gone.

An Oklahoma state court Judge has handed down what many are hailing as a landmark ruling related to the opioid crisis, but there’s reason to be skeptical about his conclusions.

We may have the first known case of a crime committed in space.

Tom Brady tried to trademark the nickname “Tom Terrific.” It didn’t go so well.

Last night New York City experienced what turned out to be a short-lived blackout mostly limited to Manhattan’s West Side, but it brought back memories of much bigger events.

One of the most well-known architects of the modern era has passed away.

Legendary Comedian Tim Conway has died at the age of 85.

A panel of three Federal Judges has found Ohio’s Congressional District map to be unconstitutional, but a case currently pending before the Supreme Court could mute the impact of this decision.

Herb Kelleher, who helped found an airline that revolutionized the industry thanks to his unconventional choices, has died at the age of 87.

The fact that this President is a congenital liar is well-known. The actual number of lies less than two years into his Presidency, though, is astounding.