Outside the Beltway

Cruelty with compound interest.

Even getting shot, he can’t pretend to be a unifying force for long.

Some interesting, if unworkable, ideas.

Impressive photojournalism.

The President’s demand that Democrats shut up and rally behind him is going unheeded.

The Replace Biden bandwagon continues rolling. Evidence is mounting that he needs to get on it.

He’s doing better in all the swing states but one than in 2020.

The legendary basketball player and executive is gone at 86.

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

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.

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.

Compared to any available alternative, yes.

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

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

Are we betraying the Founders?

A disturbing dissection in the NYT Magazine.

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

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

A legendary soldier is gone at 97.

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.

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

What happens if a corrupt man who owes hundreds of millions is President?

When being despicable is normal, is it still news?

Explaining the inexplicable.

Here we go again.

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.

The longtime NPR host is gone at 76.

The country music singer was 62.

So many open tabs, so little time.

Repeated academic integrity violations led to her forced ouster.

A television icon is gone at 101.

The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court is gone at 93.

The unworkable Republican caucus is about to get less workable.

The most important and controversial American diplomat of the postwar era is gone at 100.

Take this job and shove it. I ain’t workin’ here no more.

The President has tepid support in the 18-29 demographic.

What if one of the candidates is Hitler?

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

Looking ahead to November 5, 2024

Muddled reporting of a messy situation.