Outside the Beltway

Title IX, football, and the economics of college athletics.

The anti-vax threat from the incoming administration.

Subtle demographic changes may have created a tipping point.

Too many! Too few!

Three legendary football coaches are out in the span of a day.

These have been hanging around for a while.

His lawyers and Democratic lawmakers are urging an exception.

A Representative’s slip of the tongue and the ensuing debate.

Forget the cafe latte, screw the raspberry iced tea.

Old men still bitter about where they went to college.

The Greatest of All Time is hanging up his cleats a year too late.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

What should be the bar? Can it ever be reached?

A disease spreading mostly among gay men is now infecting small children.

The legendary AP politics reporter is gone at 87.

And yes, it is political (and always has been).

The downside to online archives of pre-print articles.

The legendary football player and coach is gone at 77.

The evidence is pretty clear: vaccinations are key, not weather (but that won’t stop people from trying to say otherwise).

Because why the hell not.

Unsurprising news is unsurprising.

More reminders that the pandemic is not over.

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.

The New England Patriots coach lived up to the team nickname.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

The coaching legend led the 1972 Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history.

A great songwriter is gone at 73.

“Medicare For All” is the centerpiece of Elizabeth Warren’s campaign for President, but she’s not talking about it as much as she used to.

Indianapolis Colts Quarterback Andrew Luck surprised the sports world last night by announcing an early retirement.

Tom Brady tried to trademark the nickname “Tom Terrific.” It didn’t go so well.

New estimates place the Cowboys and Yankees at the top of the list of the most valuable sports franchises in the world.

Susan Collins hasn’t officially announced her intentions for 2020 just yet, but she looks like she’s running for re-election. If she does, she appears to be facing some political headwinds.

A weird media narrative has formed.

Last week, New Hampshire became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Thus becoming the 21st state to do so.

The President revived an old debate but added some new twists.

Recent poll numbers suggest that the President is vulnerable in the part of the country that assured his Electoral College victory in 2020, but Democrats are going to have to work hard to flip these states.

Sanders’ position on felon voting is logical, yet politically suicidal.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has officially joined the race for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination

It’s that time of year again, and once again people are asking if it isn’t time to drop the whole ritual of changing time every six months altogether.

The response to the latest outbreak of the Ebola Virus has both succeeded and failed in several response.

Based on his job approval numbers, President Trump could face an uphill battle in 2020.

Bernie Sanders is likely to run for the Democratic nomination, but it won’t be like 2016.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is the latest Democratic entrant into the 2020 race for President.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Once again, Republicans in California find themselves looking up and seeing a lot of desolation. They need to find a way to bounce back.

Another part of the country that was once a Republican stronghold is now almost completely blue.

A new study concludes that the total death toll from Hurricane Maria was vastly higher than previously reported.

Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.