Outside the Beltway

A policy-leaning wing and a political-leaning wing make for an unworkable coalition.

A roundup of news and opinon.

It appears a shutdown has been averted after all.

A trailblazer is gone at 90.

The House is in recess as the exasperated GOP leadership tries to figure a way out.

A trip through comparative democratic reform.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

The longtime politician and statesman is gone at 75.

The abaya is now banned as well.

Call-out culture has become a circular firing squad.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s national coming out party was, well, interesting.

One weird trick could save us from Trump.

A decision that makes no obvious sense.

It’s Nixon’s fault?

His column in the Houston Chronicle fails to impress.

Americans have taken the dominance of the Women’s National Team for granted.

Our Pacific territories are giving more than they’re getting.

The weakness of anti-drag queen legislation.

A standoff over social issues may derail a $900 billion budget bill.

Fun in the sunshine state.

We all suffer if the the unserious have power.

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

You can’t fire me, I quit!

The rioting never seems to stop.

The justices declined to review a bizarre 4th Circuit decision.

A massive expansion of the Pell Grant program for prisoners goes into effect next month.

Protests against the governing party signal tensions in advance of fall elections.

Ukraine is heavily censoring foreign media.

There’s been a load of compromising.

Tuberville claims he was taken “out of context.”

We almost wrecked the economy . . . for this?

They join DC and San Francisco.

Perfect timing, it would seem.

Why Google isn’t AltaVista.

When we do it, it’s negotiation. When they do it, it’s hostage taking—and terrorism.

A bill in Alabama would bar Chinese nationals from buying property in the state.

An odd set of Senators have a really bad idea.

We’re getting weird policies almost nobody is asking for.

France shines new light on an old problem.

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

A sensible compromise on a controversial issue.

A symbolic gesture is now highly impractical, if not harmful.

The Netanyahu government is facing massive strikes and protests over its latest authoritarian moves.

Who should pay whom for what?

DC has radically expanded its electorate.

The trailblazing Congresswoman is gone at 82.

Here we go again.

The fight over changing the clock twice a year continues.