Outside the Beltway

The incentives for creating quality content are diminishing by the day.

Reality v. unreality.

Where are we with my concerns about the Trump administration?

Maximalist claims are almost surely overstated.

First thing we do, let’s intimidate all the lawyers.

Parade of poor governance edition.

The R&B icon is gone at 88.

A review.

Politics, rhetoric, and the question of controlled burns.

What could go wrong?

A GOP member of Congress on deportations.

Staffers are in mutiny after owners killed plans to endorse Kamala Harris for President.

The New College of Florida invites a white supremacist to campus.

Because I really do have too many open.

UK 2024 edition.

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

*Parenthetically, his opponent wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him on the ass.

After weeks of protest, a solid effort.

Its time has passed.

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

The psychologist who won a Nobel in economics is gone at 90.

Anticompetitive practices in one of the most competitive of markets.

A little late, but here they are.

Force and order.

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

Yet more evidence of an unfit, unstable candidate.

The leader of The Band is gone at 80.

Separating rhetoric from action.

We’re in uncharted waters.

A team of “sensitivity readers” has taken the bad thoughts out of some beloved children’s literature.

Because I had a lot of open tabs.

The Pope Emeritus has died at 95.

The January 6 Committee is expected to make a minimum of three referrals.

Is this how the cult ends?

Because I really do need to close some of these tabs.

The Russian leader may be looking over his shoulder after imposing a draft.