Outside the Beltway

Our present-day politics reminds us that the “unfinished work” of democracy is never fully complete.  

As well as the politics that have followed.

A response to an argument based on feels not facts

There’s a glaring gap in my information consumption.

Is it the press’s responsibility to turn nonsense into sense?

“The Rise of ‘Middle-Finger Politics’”

A powerful voice in Black media is a thorn in the administration’s side.

Say it ain’t so!

Car manufacturers are slowly removing an old format.

The fired propagandist has had an epiphany about bullshit.

Carville, MTG, and hierarchy in America.

Some tab plus some tabs equals some tabs.

The WSJ doesn’t like Stanford’s attempt to make its website more inclusive.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

Original blogger AllahPundit is leaving Hot Air after 16 years.

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

Does it matter whether she’s a rube or a mastermind?

The network’s longtime weekend anchor couldn’t take it anymore.

Shockingly, they’re not remotely equivalent.

A media critic argues we pay outsized attention to the goings-on at Fox, MSNBC, and CNN.

Two NeverTrump Republicans have had enough.

Journalism is terrible except when compared to the alternatives.

The first modern stand-up comedian has died at 94.

“The Closer” delivers more of what people love and hate about the GOAT.

The Watergate conspirator, author, and talk show host was 90.

A third of Americans are unsure they want the life-saving COVID shots.

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

There’s more than enough opinion journalism.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

The GOP will almost certainly survive. But in what form?

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

We’ve shouldn’t be surprised we’ve arrived at this destination.

The EIB host and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient is not impressed.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

The two parties learned different lessons from the last contested election.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

Republicans are half as likely to take the outbreak seriously.

A partial rejoinder.

It’s a reasonable question but not the right one.

A recurring source of friction in the OTB conversation.

Another controversy amid a reality show State of the Union address.

Sad news from the conservative talk icon.

A real world illustration.

The 45th President polls worse than other prominent Republicans.

At least some conservatives appear to finally be recognizing that their movement has been taken over by grifters and frauds. The only question is, what took them so long?

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other firebrands aren’t steering the ship. Yet.

As Democrats at the state level seek to limit the ability of parents to decline to vaccinate their children. they are facing resistance from Republican colleagues.