Outside the Beltway

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

Violence, masculinity, and American politics.

A just verdict—but just a verdict.

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

Will America re-elect an 82-year-old to the White House?

The reactions to a verdict that were predictable (indeed, predicted) are over the top.

The expected has occurred.

A conversation in two parts.

Officers are under enormous pressure–including from the Federal government–to write tickets.

Pretrial rulings strengthen his self-defense claims.

A vague but inflammatory report sheds little light on the situation.

Doing nothing is still a choice, and the legitimacy crisis is here, like it or not.

Is the Worldwide Leader responsible oblivious to bigotry?

A spectacular fall for a man who has been at the center of the football world for three decades.

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

We’re not getting Afghans—or even American citizens trapped there—out fast enough.

An interesting podcast conversation.

And so general discussion of vaccine passports and requirements in the US.

A chance for a real investigation? Ruined legitimacy?

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

An ugly situation that’s getting uglier.

Don’t believe your lying eyes.

Should he be worried about the appearance of partisan gaming?

Prosecutors want rioters to pay for it.

The latest front on the war on truth.

Getting an impartial jury in an internationally-famous case is next to impossible.

The latest variant of the “No Justice, No Peace” threat is unhelpful.

A problematically wide-open election in difficult times.

The Free State may have gotten just a little freer.

A criminal trial is a poor venue for solving society’s problems.

Judges are pressuring prosecutors to strike deals, most of which will be for misdemeanors.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

Yet another reminder about pathologies of US democracy.

How should we balance public health and fundamental rights?

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

There are multiple ongoing plots and reasonable fear of infiltration of security forces.

A one-time denizen of Blogger’s Row at CPAC has come a long way.

The live coverage of Wednesday’s assault on American democracy underplayed its seriousness.

A large, well-trained police force was unprepared for a foreseeable crisis.

The absurd notion that the President of Senate is the arbiter and judge of the electoral vote.

The detective who shot her and another who prepared the warrant have been ousted nine months later.

A long overdue–and complicated—recognition.

The inevitable only took 105 years.

Peaceful protests were once again followed by nighttime clashes.

Music legend John Lennon’s life was cut tragically short four decades ago.

The inevitable happened, as extremist organizations descended on DC.

A lame duck President has fired his Secretary of Defense and replaced him in probably violation of the law.

Look, either you believe in democracy or you don’t.

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

They are standing by as ordered.