Outside the Beltway

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is signaling an unfavorable ruling.

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

A post about thinking in a comparative way.

They went all-in on the Big Lie and we now have the receipts that they knew what they were doing.

A Hollywood star is gone at 82.

An illegal practice that won’t go away.

The state of the union is . . . not good.

A long-form podcast recommendation.

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

Because I had a lot of open tabs.

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

The folk rock legend is gone at 81.

My (apparently) annual reflections on “The content of their character” day

A pending Supreme Court ruling could be more impactful than many realize.

Eric Adams is begging for the Federal Government for relief.

The one-time Juiceboxer is still annoying the mainstream media.

A legendary guitarist is gone at 78.

“Cooking with gas” could become a thing of the past. But it probably won’t.

A brilliant journalist is gone at 44.

The longtime journalist is gone at 100.

Some thoughts on polling and the news since 2016.

A new Census definition has changed classifications slightly. It doesn’t go nearly far enough.

Another reason so many get their information from biased outlets.

What a too-good-too-be-true story shows us about the modern news business.

The trailblazing television interviewer is gone at 93.

The Pope Emeritus has died at 95.

Could it be that he was untruthful?

The soccer legend has passed at 82.

Should Secretary Pete have done more?

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

A perennial outrage.

It’s the spirit of the season.

Why a paper got the story right and no one paid attention and polls over opposition research

The past just won’t let him be.

How an apparent serial fabulist got elected to Congress

Facial recognition technology and its uses.

The ball is now in Merrick Garland’s court.

I don’t think that means what he thinks it means.

The late Chief Justice was right; his successors are wrong.

There are at most eight toss-up states for the 2024 Presidential election.

Did you even notice?

The years-long NYC investigation finally bears some fruit.

The man is a dangerous nut.

Washington has imposed a contract that workers rejected.

Traffic deaths are going down in most of the world. Not here.

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

New details are emerging about possible motivations.

Can moderate Republicans take back their party?