Outside the Beltway

A response to an argument based on feels not facts

Yet another test of Executive power for the courts to resolve.

They don’t want to give Trump what he wants, so they’re giving him what he wants.

The acclaimed sportswriter is gone.

The sadly predicted has come to pass.

The top uniformed lawyers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force have been relieved.

Will the pattern persist?

Agencies are quickly seeking to comply with the President’s order.

It is not ratified.

Pornhub has banned itself in nineteen states to the delight of legislators.

Amending the Constitution with one simple trick.

Oh my.

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

Could Democrats replace their oldest Justice before it’s too late?

Hitting back at centibillionaires is hard.

What makes a good school good?

He’s aggressively using relief for public service workers.

Plus: Governor Glenn Youngkin helps out.

Six GOP members of the House are targeting military ballots.

The two most annoying Senators in the Democratic caucus are at it again.

The skews may offset.

More data shows a more complicated picture.

A Supreme Court Justice says our laws and regulations are out of control.

Some interesting, if unworkable, ideas.

Caution about making too many assumptions.

Impeach the Justices! Pack the Court!

The only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose.

Does Nicholas Kristof make his case?

The legendary basketball player and executive is gone at 86.

It’s a problematic concept.

The Democratic gadfly is performatively ‘leaving’ the party.

A beach home and “An Appeal to Heaven”

The Alitos and the upside-down flag.

Compared to any available alternative, yes.

On-campus classes have been suspended and Jewish students told to find safety.

The AP journalist taken hostage for almost seven years has died.

A longstanding project inches forward.

Is it even possible to find 12 impartial citizens to judge a figure so infamous?

A legendary actor is gone at 87.

Virginia’s governor is finding running a state harder than running a venture capitalist firm.

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

Some interesting tidbits.

A long-predicted threat has emerged.

A breakdown of some Republican primaries.

They’re fast running out of time to find a candidate.

The Top Two system has created perverse incentives.

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.