Outside the Beltway

Millions turned out in support of basic ideals.

Thoughts and photos from downtown Montgomery, AL.

Why is reporting on objective reality so hard?

Some recent clips from the administration on Portland.

Trump exploits our mistaken beliefs about crime to consolidate his power.

By law enforcement.

The horror! The horror…

Hyperbole? Dishonesty? Distraction? Fantasy? Too much cable TV?

And why I think future presidents will use the powers that Trump has demonstrated exist.

She was not amused by the administration’s workaround.

The decision “was not conceived in good faith.”

“There’s a lot of commander coming.”

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

New information has changed my thinking on this.

Does Nicholas Kristof make his case?

There is no excuse for ignorant laws.

They don’t make ’em like they used to.

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

Americans have taken the dominance of the Women’s National Team for granted.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

A new initiative aims to right decades-old wrongs.

Some thoughts.

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

Mitch McConnell and other senior Republican Senators foolishly believed their colleagues would do the right thing.

Are we really being blocked from getting back to normal? And if so, what is the real barrier?

“Yellow”

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

“A Walk in Portland”

“Portland”

Women are increasingly dominating American higher education.

The weirdest goddamn story you’re likely to read today.

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

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

Trump is careless with his words and extremists respond.

More on a dangerous and disturbing incident in Texas

Just when you thought the 2020 campaign couldn’t go any lower.

A defense of the indefensible.

The politics of protests.

The convergence of design flaws in the constitution and a flawed leader have brought us to brink of an electoral crisis.

The simplism is strong.

It’s much easier to fund bad information than good.

Framing matters.

The reporting demonstrates the uncomfortable truth.

The ‘outside agitators’ trope strikes again.

Shame on him for defending authoritarian actions.

The similarities are obvious. The differences are more important.

A thought experiment on what we have seen in Portland.

Cops aren’t soldiers or spies but fellow citizens.

Federal agents deployed nonlethal force against peaceful demonstrators.

Pentagon officials are speaking out about the militarization of police.