Outside the Beltway

Cancel culture on steroids.

A list of words and who actually uses them!

We are observing an effort to embed democratically questionable sectarian norms into the day-to-day life of federal workplaces. 

A reminder.

On Christian compassion (and hypocrisy) and a little bit of the Streisand Effect for good measure.

Call-out culture has become a circular firing squad.

The justices declined to review a bizarre 4th Circuit decision.

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

A columnist argues his failed launch was emblematic of a larger problem.

When prejudice overrides simple humanity.

A sensible compromise on a controversial issue.

A format unchanged since the Ford Administration* doesn’t suit the modern era.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

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

An ugly situation that’s getting uglier.

With an appearance by Caitlyn Jenner’s choice of party.

The hidden wokeness of our new Critical Theory-loving President.

Amending the Constitutional through unconstitutional means is a very bad idea.

A fundamental building block of our system makes it nearly impossible to fix.

Legitimacy hangs in the balance.

A custody case out of Texas raises issues about how to react to and treat a child who identifies as a gender different from their biological sex.

A defense of a modest philosophy of judicial interpretation.

A Federal Court has ruled once again in favor of a transgender student in Virginia who was prevented from using the bathroom conforming to their gender identity.

Another poll is out showing that Americans overwhelmingly oppose the President’s decision to ban transgender troops from serving in the military.