Outside the Beltway

A modest disturbance in the force.

And the grotesqueness of the Trumpian response.

Or, more accurately, Trump-o-Nonsense

Things continue to be tight, yet Harrisward.

Our fee-for-service system is broken.

What Trump and many supporters get wrong about Kamala Harris

The Democrats are in a good place heading into their convention.

Spoiler: the same people often work at both

Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians.

A technological miracle with obvious potential for abuse.

Some of these have been piling up for a while.

A fundamental flaw illustrated.

Repeated academic integrity violations led to her forced ouster.

Great comics combine social commentary with humor. Increasingly, they’ve skipping the latter.

We shouldn’t be surprised that Americans have noticed their grocery bill.

House Republicans still can’t get out of their own way.

The President’s support for labor and aggressive action on climate change are in tension.

The DC district attorney’s office is looking into allegations of masssive tax fraud.

They chose the ticket, now they are going for the ride.

A tale from the DeSantis’ Woke Wars.

Good news for the economy.

Is America’s military capable of fighting the next war?

Another call for letting kids be kids.

Get me higher than the grocery bill.

The times, they are a-changin’.

The show about nothing has a big legacy.

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

BuzzFeed, Disney, and others are making big cuts.

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

A brief foray into looking at Alabama state policy on fighting addiction.

ChatGPT is just the latest example of a perverse phenomenon.

A lot of huge investments have failed for a variety of reasons.

The silliness of “generations.”

A proposed rule would increase the freedom of a huge segment of the labor force.

“You can’t be against everything.”

Headline News Network is shuttering after four decades.

A MAGA challenger has already emerged for 2024.

The Needle is Broken

Describe the sound made when a sheep explodes.

President Biden is being pressured to face the music after the midterms.

They’re a bloc but also not.

Fifty-plus “local” news outlets are a front for David Brock and company.

The threat is not idle and the options for responding are not good.

The bloody conflict could go on for months, if not years.

It’s early, but here are some key numbers as they exist now.

The economic downturn is hitting groups in different ways.

Who should have the final say on the law of the land?

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

The Washington Post has fired a reporter for her rants against colleagues.