Outside the Beltway

Punditry, complexity, and democracy.

New CDC guidelines acknowledge the political realities.

If we’re even bowling at all.

Yet more evidence the man is unfit to serve as Commander-in-Chief.

The problem that won’t go away.

I know a fireable offense when I see it.

Repeated academic integrity violations led to her forced ouster.

“2023 Lists” Edition

Trump betrayed his oath. That should disqualify him from office. That’s the whole point of section 3 of the 14th.

The popular app is influencing the opinions of its young user base.

Those seeking to escape the global south are facing resistance from DC to London to Paris.

…and the perceptions thereof.

These have been hanging around for a while.

The chickens are slowly coming home to roost.

Has the search goliath gotten worse?

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

Calling out a large chunk of the GOP.

How something so promising became so frustrating.

Its economic bubble has burst, which may make them more dangerous.

A trip through comparative democratic reform.

The push to return to the office comes with domestic consequences.

State election officials are standing by for challenges to Trump’s right to run.

Call-out culture has become a circular firing squad.

One weird trick could save us from Trump.

The rapidly changing face of college sports.

Americans have taken the dominance of the Women’s National Team for granted.

The one we’ve all been waiting for.

The Eurozone is falling further behind the United States.

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

The parties do not control their labels.

And some cable “news” thoughts.

Another call for letting kids be kids.

Young Americans are increasingly ruling out those of the other party.

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

They’re not nearly as customer-friendly as they used to be.

The Pope is siding with evil.

Don’t blame the primary author of The Federalist for our current mess.

Some stories I didn’t get around to blogging over the past week.

The fired propagandist has had an epiphany about bullshit.

BuzzFeed, Disney, and others are making big cuts.

France shines new light on an old problem.

The real media bias.

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.