Outside the Beltway

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

How do we know when our government is telling us the truth?

Did the President exceed his mandate? Does it matter?

And Biden approval down.

Some pundits have high standards.

A roundup of reflection on a somber anniversary.

A lone judge has halted the military’s vaccine mandate.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

The clock is ticking.

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

A pattern is emerging.

Journalism is terrible except when compared to the alternatives.

A weird new narrative has emerged.

The matter of Executive Privilege and former Presidents is settled law.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

Our brains are wired to seek approval but may not be equipped to handle our modern existence.

The wonders of hindsight.

We may be out of Afghanistan but the ‘war on terror’ is likely to continue indefinitely.

A legendary journalist is gone.

The postmortems are well underway.

A guy I’ve never heard of is apparently replacing the legendary Alex Trebek.

Democrats and Independents are losing their enthusiasm. But some perspective is needed.

Put the frustration where it belongs.

A new career and a pending art sale.

He has nominated only 304 people out 1,200+ that require Senate confirmation.

Some people claim there’s a woman to blame.

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

Discussing the filibuster.

A meaningless gesture that’s long overdue.

Yet another thing driving Americans apart.

The Commonwealth is much more diverse than national election returns might indicate.

The trends over the last half century are really something.

A new poll from Texas give us a chance to think about parties and nominations in the US.

An exceptional choice that breaks the recent tradition of politicos in the post.

A quirk in our system combined with shrewd gamesmanship will give them unprecedented power.

49 percent of Americans lean Democratic, compared to 40 for Republicans. Yet a plurality identify as Independent.

We can all agree that it’s important but not what it is.

Judges are pressuring prosecutors to strike deals, most of which will be for misdemeanors.

The 6th Circuit is allowing a professor fired for misgendering a transwoman to sue his state university.

The beloved author of children’s books had died days short of her 105th birthday.

We tend to focus on the wrong qualities in our early assessments.

The seemingly unremarkable event hadn’t happened in four decades.

On the one hand, true. On the other, so what?

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

The annual gathering showed us what the Republican Party would become years ago.

Yet another reminder about pathologies of US democracy.

The man most famous for getting screwed out of a Supreme Court seat has a more interesting backstory.

The reflections on the departed right-wing talk host continue.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

The disgraced loser remains as popular as ever with his base.