Outside the Beltway

Spoiler: the same people often work at both

Some interesting, if unworkable, ideas.

Cruel punishment is not unusual.

Does Nicholas Kristof make his case?

New CDC guidelines acknowledge the political realities.

The Top Two system has created perverse incentives.

The 9th Circuit says it is, at least under some circumstances.

A breakdown of new survey data.

The four-team Playoff will go out making a lot of folks mad.

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

The rapidly changing face of college sports.

President Biden has again made history.

Should the government need a warrant to get information it can buy on the open market?

When prejudice overrides simple humanity.

A study has found significant health benefits.

A hypothetical spoiler for 2024? (Stress on “hypothetical”).

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

Cities across the United States are taking the wrong approach to a crisis.

Kate Brown has left a parting gift for the state’s worst criminals.

There are at most eight toss-up states for the 2024 Presidential election.

A memory of pop culture and its linkage to broader myths about America.

The Needle is Broken

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

A new initiative aims to right decades-old wrongs.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

The horrific tallies of Putin’s war of choice continue to mount.

Blue and red states alike are ending mask mandates and other restrictions.

Apparently, New York and Oregon are not the same place.

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

The CDC is weighing changing the definition of “fully vaccinated.”

Democrats and Republicans are playing by different rules.

Is media coverage of experts’ struggles to understand COVID helpful?

The evidence is pretty clear: vaccinations are key, not weather (but that won’t stop people from trying to say otherwise).

It’s happening again. This time, it was easily preventable.

The cost of raising a university’s profile.

The two-time Pulitzer winner is considering a career change.

Most aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

COVID vaccine hesitancy is just the tip of the iceberg.

President Trump’s destruction of longstanding norms continues under his successor.

The long shift of population from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt continues—with the unusual exception of California.

The law is out of sync with modern realities.

A truly silly characterization from Senator Mike Lee.

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