Outside the Beltway

A pending lawsuit seeks to settle those questions.

A legendary guitarist is gone at 78.

The Robespierres in the House of Representatives are driving American politics in a predictably horrible direction.

A 34-year CIA officer’s thoughts.

Traffic deaths are going down in most of the world. Not here.

A reminder of how things (specifically the party system as a whole) have changed.

Looking at past Senate elections and some more thoughts on historical patterns.

Do last year’s words belong to last year’s language?

And a reminder of the role of political parties.

Jim VandeHei and company have put out a new style guide.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

A great American author is gone at 89.

New evidence gets us a wee bit closer to a smoking gun.

Who should have the final say on the law of the land?

The Proud Boys, Trump family, and Alex Jones all filmed documentaries of their actions leading up to January 6.

His 95-year-old mom is still Queen but has handed off many of her duties.

A former Virginia police officer has been found guilty, partly on the testimony of a former colleague.

Putin must be worrying about losing what little empire he has built.

Is the past still the past?

The downside to online archives of pre-print articles.

When “obviously qualified” apparently isn’t enough

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

SLT guests on Peaceful Political Revolution in America to talk American democracy.

Arend Lijphart on the “Peaceful Political Revolution in America” podcast.

Russia’s leader sees the situation in the former Soviet Republic quite differently than the West.

Senator Romney and the latest edition of the senatorial pro-filibuster op/ed.

The enigmatic Senator is a world-class attention seeker.

The equivalent of Pennsylvania’s entire labor force is sitting on the sidelines.

A party invitation going terribly wrong.

A blast from the past.

A review and an invitation to discuss.

A massive investment falls just short. This time.

Conservatives have lost it one generation at a time.

Are Sinema and Machin going to jump ship?

Or, you know, not.

Yet another thing driving Americans apart.

An interesting but uneven debate.

Queen Elizabeth’s husband has died two months shy of his 100th birthday.

The reflections on the departed right-wing talk host continue.

Some political history,

Implications for Alabama and the GOP as well as considerations on the evolution of American politics.

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

There’s a word for people who use outrageous violence to terrorize.

Tunisia is freer but poorer than it was before Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate act.

The popular former governor wants another crack at it.

Yet another retired general in the post would be a bad idea.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.