Outside the Beltway

Why the rent is too damn high.

The search giant lost a major court battle. What’s next?

He’s ratcheted up what Trump started but also shifted focus.

It’s no longer just a Third World problem.

Anticompetitive practices in one of the most competitive of markets.

A century-old cartel has been broken.

The food is too damn high!

A growing scourge may be next to impossible to stop.

The tables have turned.

Has the search goliath gotten worse?

The Justice Department claims the search giant abused its power.

What to call non-crazies who aren’t Democrats?

The evidence is pretty thin.

International law enforcement agencies have made hundreds of arrests.

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

Constant flight delays and other frustrations require a solution.

Should Secretary Pete have done more?

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

Manipulating public opinion with dubious survey research.

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

An irresponsible Trump-era practice continues.

The tech giant is even more powerful than you think.

The Southeast has been hit especially hard.

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

A really weird proposal to solve a problem that probably doesn’t exist.

The quasi-monopoly power of the world’s largest bookstore is problematic. Maybe.

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

President Biden masterfully used the pageantry of the day to shatter the self-asserted Trumpian monopoly on patriotism.

Hashtag: You’re Fired.

The Pundit’s Fallacy meets opportunism.

A brand dating back to 1889 is being retired.

The pandemic is massively more livable given modern technology.

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

Virginia has finally repealed a dumb and unconstitutional restriction on how bars could advertise Happy Hours.

We all know the Internet broke the monopoly on classified advertising. Here’s the rest of the story.

At least some conservatives appear to finally be recognizing that their movement has been taken over by grifters and frauds. The only question is, what took them so long?

Strong public records laws, not an excess of weirdness, has driven a sad meme.

Do you want to get money out of politics? You need to get politics out of money.

Earlier this week, SpaceX deployed the first 60 satellites in a network that could result in Internet access from virtually anywhere in the world.

A Washington Post columnists tries to make the case.

The key remains the military.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

It was only a matter of time before Trump’s rhetoric against the press would lead to something violent. Last night in El Paso, it happened.

One of the longest-lasting characters on The Simpsons may not be long for this world, but before we write him off perhaps we ought to stop and think.

A quick hit and run post to provide a proper definition.

President Trump’s short list of potential Supreme Court nominees consists mostly of conventionally conservative, well-qualified, jurists.

A towering figure gone much too soon.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner last night, Donald Trump took his show on the road where he continued his long-standing attacks on the press. Unfortunately, it’s a message that resonates with his supporters.