Outside the Beltway

A childhood friend claims he had PTSD from his actions.

Yes it was said. No the context doesn’t make it better.

The cruelty is the point?

A simple solution to a complex problem.

The Beach Boy legend is gone at 82.

These sweet, anxious, thoughtful, and genuinely loveable students know in their bones that their future is deeply uncertain and shaped by adults who appear to have no idea what they’re doing.

It is as if qualifications for positions of power matter.

Then process gets in the way of efficiency, kill the process.

They don’t want to give Trump what he wants, so they’re giving him what he wants.

The unorthodox non-agency agency run by no one in particular may violate the basic rules of our system.

The cruelty isn’t the point.

Why press coverage of the former and possibly future President doesn’t match the reality.

Our fee-for-service system is broken.

Most departments have shockingly little screening of their officers.

Does Nicholas Kristof make his case?

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.

The Piano Man is back with a new song.

The 9th Circuit says it is, at least under some circumstances.

A powerful voice in Black media is a thorn in the administration’s side.

The popular app is influencing the opinions of its young user base.

“Dog bites man” isn’t news. Unless it’s the President’s dog.

The Senate Republican Leader had another concerning incident.

The Irish singer-activist is gone at 56.

Shockingly, the current President’s numbers are worse than his predecessor’s.

A rare man and a rare milestone.

The times, they are a-changin’.

An odd set of Senators have a really bad idea.

The left and right are attacking basic rights. But not equally.

The silliness of “generations.”

Cities across the United States are taking the wrong approach to a crisis.

Because of course she is.

New details are emerging about possible motivations.

A complicated case out of NYU.

The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.

Academic performance has fallen to the lowest level in decades.

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

The man most famous for his turn on “Leave it to Beaver” has passed from liver cancer aged 77.

An already awful system on steroids.

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister was killed at a campaign rally. He was 67.

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

Calling it a “deal” is vastly over-selling it.

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

Alas, it’s unlikely to change the policies that enable them.

There’s much more to the story than meets the eye.

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

Tragedy has played out so often that it has become a statistic.

The pandemic forced the spread of useful technology.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

A number of GOP politicians criticized Trump over 1/6 and some resigned.

There’s something happening here. But what it is ain’t exactly clear.