Outside the Beltway

A brilliant plan with absolutely no conceivable downsides.

Links related to various recent posts.

The culture seems to be shifting.

Spoiler: tariff threats and other “one weird trick” approaches won’t work.

When the abnormal ceases to be.

And the grotesqueness of the Trumpian response.

The legendary comedian is gone at 94.

Why public attitudes are lagging real world performane.

Democratic strategists are complaining that Biden is being too honest.

And you might ask yourself: “how did we get here?”

It’s a relative thing.

Anticompetitive practices in one of the most competitive of markets.

The pandemic ruined everything.

It’s great for the well-off but increasingly problematic for the larger economy.

The longtime NPR host is gone at 76.

Are we leaving too many people behind?

Prices are way up, even though the CPI is back under control.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

With the help of Popehat, I call out issues with the Fulton County case &, in doing so, piss everyone off

It’s the only one that puts all the piece together.

This makes four.

The next Trump indictment looks like it is coming this week.

What the numbers tell us about remote work and productivity.

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

Light blogging warning.

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

Tips for how to check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Some stories worth noting but not at great length.

The one-time Juiceboxer is still annoying the mainstream media.

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

Local issues barely matter in Congressional races anymore.

Apparently, more expensive versions of products are often better.

Shocking but perhaps unsurprising news.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

Yet another study that confirms my pre-existing biases.

PETA has launched a weird protest against Starbucks.

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

It’s that, er, time again.

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

The West Virginia Senator has taken the football from Charlie Brown and gone home.

A lot of America is simply over the pandemic, even if it isn’t over us.

The city’s second major championship was among the most improbable.

Two decades after a day we’ll not forget.

America’s weatherman is gone. Sadly, he did not make it to 100.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

The indicators are pointing in the direction of caffeine being good for most people.

It’s at least as bad as you thought it was.

The Watergate conspirator, author, and talk show host was 90.