Outside the Beltway

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

A second stash has led to a special counsel and political embarrassment.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

If it hasn’t happened already, it soon will.

United States and People’s Republic of China forces are playing a dangerous game.

We can’t find enough people to treat cows, pigs, and horses.

Some numbers from an NPR/PBS Marist
poll.

We charge patients way more than other counties.

Regarding the newly independent Senator Sinema.

Will anyone listen this time?

A move away from a centuries old Asian practice.

Twenty five alleged plotters have been arrested

The years-long NYC investigation finally bears some fruit.

Headline News Network is shuttering after four decades.

Washington has imposed a contract that workers rejected.

Some links to peruse.

Covering the coverage.

Republicans hold narrow leads for Governor and Senator but . . . .

President Biden is being pressured to face the music after the midterms.

Local issues barely matter in Congressional races anymore.

Another frivolous suit making a mockery of the American tort system.

Journalists openly root for a good story.

Putin is committing war crimes in retaliation for an attack on a legitimate military target.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

Mary Peltola’s election was a milestone for America’s First Peoples.

The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.

Wherein I take issue with a charactization made by Tom Nichols and discuss the politics of language.

A shameful stunt reminiscent of an even darker era.

Start your weekend with some soul!

A sweet story gets a wee bit more complicated.

This is just playing crass political games with human beings.

Some stories and passing comments.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

President Biden had a meeting with some historians. The horrors.

Both sides have had their say and now we wait for a ruling.

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

Some quick hits.

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

A cruel and insidious ‘solution’ to the border problem.

The man most famous for his turn on “Leave it to Beaver” has passed from liver cancer aged 77.

Paywalls are not our problem.

Cleaning the slate for a new week.

They’re stealing our secrets and working to undermine our elections.

Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring today and will swear his former law clerk in his replacement.

A new initiative aims to right decades-old wrongs.

You’re goddamn right he did.