Outside the Beltway

So a court has ordered.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s national coming out party was, well, interesting.

It’s Nixon’s fault?

His lawyers and Democratic lawmakers are urging an exception.

Sanity has prevailed.

The weakness of anti-drag queen legislation.

A tale from the DeSantis’ Woke Wars.

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

The North Dakota governor really, really wants to be on TV.

Membership is stalled by more support is coming.

The Supreme Court sided with an anti-gay website designer.

The central question remains unresolved.

The inevitable has happened. Now for the fallout.

Our car culture is killing us.

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

Eight state have withdrawn from a system to prevent illegal voting because of ignorance and agitation.

Dueling headlines give radically different impressions of the same case.

Shockingly, the current President’s numbers are worse than his predecessor’s.

Tuberville claims he was taken “out of context.”

A regional chain registered it in 1989. Has it become generic?

They’re fighting for fair treatment. They’ll likely lose.

Some stories I didn’t get around to blogging over the past week.

An odd set of Senators have a really bad idea.

BuzzFeed, Disney, and others are making big cuts.

Is a threat in the eye of the receiver or the issuer?

France shines new light on an old problem.

You know the drill.

Partisans gonna partisan.

We’re falling further behind for many reasons.

A big reaction to a small problem.

A significant cut to staff and programming to stay afloat.

The fight over changing the clock twice a year continues.

The Baretta actor and acquitted murderer is dead at 89.

“Red States” and “Blue State”

A true hodge-podge.

A seemingly benign but controversial gesture.

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.

Carville, MTG, and hierarchy in America.

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

A natural disaster has compounded a man-made one.

South Carolina and Georgia win! Iowa loses! New Hampshire whines!

Tales of threat assessment and media reactions.

Some depressing stats.

At what point does negligence become a crime?

The infuriating fight to authorize spending already-allocated money is back.