Outside the Beltway

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

Where’s my $400,000 a month contract?

Yet another service disruption over rights fees calls attention to the issue.

An oft-told tale turns out to be bullshit.

J. D. Vance seems to have a cruel sense of humor and issues with women. Weird!

Another step closer to a regional war.

The sitting Vice President isn’t getting blamed for the economy.

A reflection the Trump campaign with helpf from James Baldwin

Trump on X.

Stoking anti-Semitism for political gain

The search giant lost a major court battle. What’s next?

Or more charitably, forgets due to cognitive decline

Time may change me, but I can’t trace time.

Running for President as Vice President is uniquely challenging.

A development as shocking as it was inevitable.

What if 2024 was a “West Wing” episode?

The legendary comedian is gone at 94.

The fight has now expanded to a third front.

We don’t know much but the early details are all too familiar.

Sometimes all we have is the choice of how we react to events.

The Replace Biden bandwagon continues rolling. Evidence is mounting that he needs to get on it.

Too little, too late.

Weak and presidentialized.

A second Trump presidency got much more likely last night.

A morally right but politically fraught move.

The war cabinet is gone. He now owns the war completely.

Why public attitudes are lagging real world performane.

Sally Buzzee is out and the staff is “pissed.” Readers will likely notice no difference.

The President declares Hamas “no longer capable” of large-scale attack.

Some 45 are dead in what Israel calls a “tragic accident.”

Closing arguments start today and a verdict and possible sentencing could come this week.

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

The weirdness of this year’s polling gives the President’s team hope.

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

A gross miscarriage of justice.

We need to put this nonsense to rest, stat.

The President wants an alternative schedule and format.

A technological miracle with obvious potential for abuse.

Novo Nordisk is worth more than home country’s Denmark annual GDP.

And you might ask yourself: “how did we get here?”

Police have been brought at universities across the country.

Administrations are struggling to handle the biggest wave of student protests in generations.

Finding 12 impartial people in a high-profile trial is challenging.

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

It was the least they could do.

They can’t help themselves.

When does humanitarian catastrophe become something more?