Outside the Beltway

Yet more gems from the Commander-in-Chief.

His VP and cabinet were not polled.

It is all around us.

Dangerous in more ways than one.

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.