Outside the Beltway

More evidence that elite signals matter for mass behavior.

RussiaGate is back in the news but the story is unlikely to move the needle.

Thousands of centrifuges have been destroyed.

Iran’s top nuclear facility is offline again.

President Biden’s pollster has made an amazing discovery.

A problematically wide-open election in difficult times.

An internal review is calling for America’s business paper to diversify its appeal.

A quirk in our system combined with shrewd gamesmanship will give them unprecedented power.

An odd complaint from parents who voluntarily send their kids to religious schools.

Fulfilling a campaign promise and keeping the discussion alive.

Queen Elizabeth’s husband has died two months shy of his 100th birthday.

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

And, really, all of this current wave of election legislation.

The US continues in the right direction.

He probably lacks the legal authority. And business interests in is state will fight hard against him.

A subtle but odd change in house style for the Paper of Record

A loon wolf terrorist who followed Louis Farrakhan was responsible.

The Watergate conspirator, author, and talk show host was 90.

A shocking number of states no longer require them and the Leader of the Free World lacks the authority to change that.

Apparently, all those states legislating on transgender kids playing sports are doing it for no reason.

The beloved author of children’s books had died days short of her 105th birthday.

The author of “Lonesome Dove,” “Terms of Endearment,” and so many more great novels is gone at 84.

The downfall of Andrew Cuomo shines a light on toxic workplaces and governance styles.

An interesting proposal to improve tax collection.

We’re about to spend a whole lot more money.

At least 50 million doses of the AstraZeneca are sitting in American facilities unused.

Defense of the filibuster tend to be a combo of mistakes and mythology.

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

HR1 is a national approach to expanding voter access. State legislatures are trying to both expand and restrict the vote as well.

The job losses and hit to the service sector is well documented. But trade has radically shifted, too.

The fecklessness of U.S. human rights policy in full display.

This feels like resignation territory.

The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against ramming it through in the COVID relief bill.

Democrats are already jockeying to influence President Biden’s pick should a vacancy arise.

And a discussion of markets (and a warning about partisanship).

The man most famous for getting screwed out of a Supreme Court seat has a more interesting backstory.

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

There’s more than enough opinion journalism.

Another empirical indication of the toll of the pandemic.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

The disgraced loser remains as popular as ever with his base.

America’s Newspaper of Record needs to figure out what it wants to be.

Early analysis merely confirms analysts’ priors.

Its founders are laughing all the way to the bank.

Details of a heated phone discussion with the top House Republican have emerged.

A rather odd non-ruling during the non-session from America’s highest court.

Could the Vice President end the filibuster herself?

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

An opportunity for unity and a restoration of normal order.