Outside the Beltway

The apparently eminent demise of abortion rights has reignited an old debate.

Has the Internet made us more selfish?

Seeing no way to win under their own label, they’ve called a Hail Mary.

Our representation problems are far, far more about structure than they are about the messaging of the parties.

Speaker Pelosi has it. Is President Biden next?

The only way to save our freedom is to destroy it.

Unlimited dialog makes conversations harder.

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

Generalities about an elusive and controversial phenomenon are unhelpful.

Antiquated counting methods lead to misallocation of resources.

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

Putin is a monster, but he may also be just as irrational as the rest of us.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

The bar for defaming public officials is too high.

What if the “fake news” is really fake news?

A too-small step in the right direction.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. Alas.

The pandemic seems to have broken the social contract.

Glimmers of hope for those involved in government service delivery

Aggregate self-identification doesn’t tell us much, but the breakdowns do.

Elections have consequences: Old Dominion Edition

It’s always a good idea to reread a text before referencing it, especially if you’re a history Ph.D. like Newt Gingrich

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

Apparently, getting her elected President is not a high enough priority in the Biden White House.

It’s not compelling.

A somber thought about this present moment.

The erosion of representativeness continues.

A largely mythical beast may become even more rare.

Too woke! Not woke enough!

He beats the alternative.

Two decades after a day we’ll not forget.

The Lone Star State has enacted some peculiar new laws.

The cost of raising a university’s profile.

Magical? Impressive? Or just too much money?

It turns out a 51-50 Senate majority isn’t enough.

Most NCAA restrictions violate anti-trust law.

A pandemic and the rise of Zoom meetings unleashed an academic theory into the wild.

Or, at least, he’s willing to kill democracy in order to save it.

The post really isn’t about Sinema as much as it about a theory of poltiics.

Here we go again.

The trends over the last half century are really something.

It’s undemocratic and we should get rid of it. But doing so isn’t a panacea.

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

The lack of common understandings and shared assumptions makes political conversations challenging.

Any “fair” drawing of districts will yield a GOP advantage over time.

An interesting blast from the past.

Yes, partisanship is real. And it influences more than just voting behavior.

Underplaying the value of vaccination is counterproductive.