Outside the Beltway

The ineptitude is staggering.

Then process gets in the way of efficiency, kill the process.

Trade wars are good and easy to win.

It “literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

Pornhub has banned itself in nineteen states to the delight of legislators.

He has to be, right?

Here we go again.

The legendary singer, songwriter, and actor is gone at 88.

A regional pilot program could be expanding.

Most departments have shockingly little screening of their officers.

Its time has passed.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

No, I don’t feel terrible now.

Anticompetitive practices in one of the most competitive of markets.

A well-intentioned but likely doomed effort.

A growing scourge may be next to impossible to stop.

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

The theory of the Internet clashes with its reality.

Where religious zealotry can lead. (So, yes, a digression into American politics).

It’s the only one that puts all the piece together.

They average more than any other occupation and considerably more than their European counterparts.

Thousands of LGBTQ veterans are seeking to have their discharges upgraded.

The Irish singer-activist is gone at 56.

You can’t fire me, I quit!

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

Eight state have withdrawn from a system to prevent illegal voting because of ignorance and agitation.

The Chief Justice’s wife is making a lot of money.

An odd set of Senators have a really bad idea.

A pending lawsuit seeks to settle those questions.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Should we expect privacy from our own cameras?

The last original member of Lynryd Skynyrd has died.

The 39th President is not well.

The controversial AI has some interesting programming quirks.

An illegal practice that won’t go away.

Why was it released to the public?

A legendary guitarist is gone at 78.

There’s training on uncomfortable subjects. Oh noes!

House Democrats are releasing them because they can.

It would be an abuse of power.

Is this how the cult ends?

A one-of-a-kind coach is gone far too soon.

An unsavory practice that’s mostly legal.

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

This is just playing crass political games with human beings.

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

It’s complicated, hard to prove, and politically fraught.