Outside the Beltway

The evidence is pretty clear: vaccinations are key, not weather (but that won’t stop people from trying to say otherwise).

We’re an incredibly divided country but splitting it into two is impossible.

DC’s new area code is causing an identity crisis.

The Catch-22 of passing a massive spending bill in an undemocratic system.

Thoughts on how we think.

The Democratic legislature is likely to set aside the map proposed by the independent commission.

It’s happening again. This time, it was easily preventable.

A new story archetype is all too common.

The system is not defensible.

As the pandemic’s effects continue to worsen in Florida, DeSantis continues to play the worst kind of politics.

The President is looking for any leverage he can to get refuseniks vaccinated.

Part of the ongoing, slow-motion tragedy.

Whataboutism about a visit to Whataburger (and other tales of obfuscation).

Yet another wave.

Mediocre legal education doesn’t pay.

It’s not just cases.

Florida has a lot of cases.

His executive order blocks schools from having masking rules.

Behind the CDC’s messaging debacle.

It goes into effect next season.

The College Republican National Committee Chairman elections shows the lessons taught by the national party.

Another R/D cleavage?

He will challenge Greg Abbott for the GOP nomination.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

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A tragic story gets more complicated.

Public health shouldn’t be made into a partisan issue.

Ron DeSantis and friends are afraid of higher education.

The second won’t be so fortunate.

You know, some light weekend thoughts.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

The author of beloved children’s books is gone at 91.

A third of the party’s Members of Congress voted against a popular bill.

The Southeast has been hit especially hard.

A typical case of American blind justice.

His partner in crime wrote it all down.

The trends over the last half century are really something.

The long shift of population from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt continues—with the unusual exception of California.

Rogue cops, racial profiling, tainted cases, and the lack of consequences.

Is a de minimus standard too small?

It makes sense for large-scale venues, yes? But making sense is not the issue.

He probably lacks the legal authority. And business interests in is state will fight hard against him.

Quite a number of Democratic Congressmen are thinking about seeking a new job.

Nonhierarchical parties strike again.

The evidence is too clear to ignore at this point.

The Lone Star State is celebrating its independence in a big way.

Democrats are already jockeying to influence President Biden’s pick should a vacancy arise.