Outside the Beltway

*Parenthetically, his opponent wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him on the ass.

Our natural instincts in hiring are wrong.

I guess the attention is worth it?

Democratic strategists are complaining that Biden is being too honest.

A desperate measure for a desperate problem.

The professionals are striving to keep up with changing voter habits.

Will the first President convicted of crimes be the first convicted felon re-elected as President?

Rubio reportedly wants the gig.

The inclusion of Negro League statistics has rewritten the game’s history.

Closing arguments start today and a verdict and possible sentencing could come this week.

The weirdness of this year’s polling gives the President’s team hope.

A beach home and “An Appeal to Heaven”

The Alitos and the upside-down flag.

We’re about to test the limits of existing copyright law.

The President wants an alternative schedule and format.

The release of a second set of figures has created a lot of hyperbole.

Compared to any available alternative, yes.

Yesterday’s New Jersey speech was something to behold.

Shady accounting practices from well before he entered politics are coming back to bite him in the ass.

On the complexity of political funding.

A minor gaffe is overshadowing a more complicated story.

Americans are concerned about very different things.

Police have been brought at universities across the country.

This is only “one alternative, and this is being murdered.”

The number of open tabs is just getting silly.

Are we betraying the Founders?

A disturbing dissection in the NYT Magazine.

Administrations are struggling to handle the biggest wave of student protests in generations.

He’s still a convicted felon in California, though.

On-campus classes have been suspended and Jewish students told to find safety.

The AP journalist taken hostage for almost seven years has died.

Finding 12 impartial people in a high-profile trial is challenging.

It’s no longer just a Third World problem.

Is it even possible to find 12 impartial citizens to judge a figure so infamous?

A legendary soldier is gone at 97.

A century-old tradition has gone by the wayside.

“The Rise of ‘Middle-Finger Politics’”

The rule of law is under seige.

A legendary actor is gone at 87.

The psychologist who won a Nobel in economics is gone at 90.

The 2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee turned maverick is gone at 82.

There will be lawyers.

And back to thoughts on section 3.

An unexpected 11th hour reprieve.

The ruling could be more impactful than Dobbs. Or render Dobbs less impactful.

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.

Creeping authoritarianism? Political suicide? Descent into madness?