Outside the Beltway

“Moderate” is up, “Liberal” is down, and “Conservative” is static. What does it mean?

Running down the latest “known knowns” with just a bit of analysis

This is as close as we get to Garland saying “Eff around, find out!”

A new meme started by Republican leaders is mostly false.

Sigh.

Can American democracy survive its information bubbles?

Columnists write bad columns apologizing for bad columns.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

Paywalls are not our problem.

An already awful system on steroids.

Ruy Teixeira finds that Hispanics aren’t yet woke.

Police and the Punisher Skull

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

Elon backs out.

You’re goddamn right he did.

We live in a bizarre timeline.

Pay no attention to the endorsement behind the candidate.

The longstanding celebration that become a national holiday last year is being exploited for profit!

More ugly revelations about the football hero turned politician.

Are you going to believe this index or your own lyin’ eyes?

The Washington Post has fired a reporter for her rants against colleagues.

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

Apparently, whoever has the most Twitter followers.

A slim majority upheld an injunction, kicking the can down the road.

It doesn’t appear the Uvalde TX police were underfunded

An ugly divorce exposes a gap in our legal structure.

The combination of a horrendous rollout and a social media onslaught was disastrous.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

A brief obeservation.

An odd kerfuffle in local education politics.

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

Two hundred-odd people have pled or been found guilty. One has been acquitted.

Is the creepy comic’s comeback complete?

Unlimited dialog makes conversations harder.

Beyond who her spouse is, the texts to Meadows reveal a deeply concerning situation.

A Supreme Court Justice’s wife urged the White House and Congressional Republicans to steal the 2020 election.

A post that’s only tangentially related to cancel culture.

Generalities about an elusive and controversial phenomenon are unhelpful.

The longtime NFL reporter is gone at 67.

Thomas gets the ball rolling, and I take off from there.

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

A remarkable display of blaming the victim (by the victimizer).

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

The American President is once again leading the free world.

Pundits like Thomas Friedman struggle with premature prognostication.

Some of our citizens are at greater risk under relaxed mask guidelines.