Outside the Beltway

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

Magically mobilizing nonvoters isn’t going to happen (but it sounds nice, I suppose).

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

Because of course it was.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

The great conservative humorist is gone at 74.

A bloc of moderates is not coming to a Senate near you.

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

If you’re still carrying one of these, it’ll be a brick in three days.

Misc. stories for your enjoyment.

A somber thought about this present moment.

A lot of America is simply over the pandemic, even if it isn’t over us.

Violence, masculinity, and American politics.

Kimberly Webb Joyner, my first wife and the mother of my children, has been gone a decade.

A just verdict—but just a verdict.

Journalism is terrible except when compared to the alternatives.

The CDC is leaving it up to you!

Is media coverage of experts’ struggles to understand COVID helpful?

Denial, whining, and truth wrapped into one segment.

The equivalent of Pennsylvania’s entire labor force is sitting on the sidelines.

Several stories for your consumption.

Why products are still hard to find and prices are so high.

Misc. stories worth noting, but that I don’t have time to write about.

The collapse is not his doing. But he’s accountable for the poor planning.

The cost of raising a university’s profile.

Several stories, not enough time for full write-ups.

Texas and Oklahoma have reopened Pandora’s Box.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

There’s got to be a better way.

Yet another thing driving Americans apart.

The latest front on the war on truth.

The reaction to the pandemic has long since been about much more than the pandemic.

The flagship of the centrist Navy is both a throwback and a sign of what’s wrong with the Senate.

Increases in social benefits can increase freedom.

The numbers are staggering and getting worse.

If the younger generation seems to be maturing later, there are good reasons.

Four administrations and two decades later, it’s about to be over.

A quirk in our system combined with shrewd gamesmanship will give them unprecedented power.

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

The beloved author of children’s books had died days short of her 105th birthday.

Deal-making in Washington is next to impossible.

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

The loaners, the dreamers, and schemes.

It is really so hard to understand that you don’t go on vacation during a massive disaster?

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.