Outside the Beltway

I think we should take Trump seriously and literally.

Is all diversity created equal?

Fund-raising alone won’t save American democracy.

A gross miscarriage of justice.

The inevitable threats to remove Biden from the ballot emerge.

Great comics combine social commentary with humor. Increasingly, they’ve skipping the latter.

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

It’s becoming just another day off work!

A Brooklyn neighborhood is experimenting with a hybrid approach.

A columnist argues his failed launch was emblematic of a larger problem.

As widely expected, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles “CQ” Brown will become the nation’s top military officer.

Truth is not an absolute defense against termination.

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

One of these things is not like the other.

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

The attack at the Pelosi house should surprise no one.

It goes deeper than base names.

Some new data are encouraging.

Police and the Punisher Skull

Assuming they had the votes, should Democrats carve out yet another exception?

Apparently, whoever has the most Twitter followers.

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

The 45th President was a psychopath.

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

Crises tend to be distracting.

Two notorious cases indicate a policy shift on federal prosecutions of cases already tried in lower courts.

A just verdict—but just a verdict.

Running against Trump didn’t work this year.

A piece in The Atlantic inspires thoughts.

Is the Worldwide Leader responsible oblivious to bigotry?

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

One party is divided on how to govern and the other is united in not governing.

A star player has opted out of a Grand Slam, citing “mental health.”

A recent poll provides interesting insights.

Getting an impartial jury in an internationally-famous case is next to impossible.

It’s harder than a looks, especially given the limited size of the problem.

No, he can’t get up to 75 years.

They were “disrespectful to the rule of law.”

The latest variant of the “No Justice, No Peace” threat is unhelpful.

An internal review is calling for America’s business paper to diversify its appeal.

A criminal trial is a poor venue for solving society’s problems.

Elected officials should not comment on ongoing legal proceedings.

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.

A large, well-trained police force was unprepared for a foreseeable crisis.

In a sane world, Joe Biden’s election win would not have come as a surprise. Alas . . . .

A lame duck President has fired his Secretary of Defense and replaced him in probably violation of the law.

The problem is real.

As Election Day draws closer, the President is doubling down on stoking racial resentment.