Outside the Beltway

Amending the Constitution with one simple trick.

Federal and state marijuana policies are wildly out of sync.

Trump and Trump-adjacent stories for this round of Tabs.

Trump is making verbal gaffes while making fun of Biden’s verbal gaffes.

Could the fourth time be the charm?

Will at least four Republicans have a spine?

A trailblazer is gone at 90.

The MAGA wing is driving us over a cliff.

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

The Eurozone is falling further behind the United States.

It’s time to ban a growing and dangerous practice.

It turns out that the candy flavored booze at the grocery store isn’t even bourbon.

A new Census definition has changed classifications slightly. It doesn’t go nearly far enough.

The no electoral politics, no Trump edition.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

After decades of exporting American jobs, corporations are bringing them home.

A group of extremists are stopped from instigating a riot.

Some GOP governors are taking a stance against Trump.

It seems that some Americans are relocating to be with people who share their social and cultural views.

The flurry of news around the new variant is dizzying.

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

A conversation in two parts.

Science and insanity don’t mix.

A series of reports show just how extreme the vaccination issue has become.

Get vaccinated edition

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

A series of mismatches mean would-be workers can’t find employment despite an abundance of openings.

Sound decisions require sound reporting.

Yet more evidence that we’re a nation divided.

A major first step to solving a longstanding global issue.

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

Injecting data into the conversation.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

The President has hit rock bottom.

The writing is on the wall for simple-majority voting in the Senate.

Trump’s approach from the beginning has been reality-denying. It makes it difficult to take anything the administration proposed seriously.

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

A bad night for Bloomberg and Warren has radically reshaped the race.

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.

President Trump’s first Supreme Court appointment has joined the liberal bloc on several cases.

Bernie Sanders and other advocates focus on insurance companies and drug companies. But that’s not where the money is.

The New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago metro areas are all losing people.

Are people fleeing blue states to avoid repressive taxes? It depends who you’re asking.

Mandatory vaccination laws raise personal liberty issues that ought to be taken seriously, but in the end, public health concerns weigh heavily in favor of laws mandating vaccination.