Outside the Beltway

A likely lost seat for Democrats in 2024.

And, not surprisingly, about parties.

Let the punditry begin.

Abortion, an unrepresentative electorate, and candidate idiosyncracy ruled the off-off-year election.

We can all agree that Trump and Biden are over the line. But where is it?

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

Sigh.

The ongoing Republican debacle and what it says about representative democracy in the US.

A race a Democrat will definitely win will be the most expensive in US history.

More thinking about the 2024 GOP primary.

There’s an inherent tension in public education.

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

Virginia’s governor has raised a ton of money.

West Virginia University may be the canary in the coal mine.

The Establishment is desperate for an alternative that’s not coming.

The English are having a periodic reassertion of the “right to roam.”

After other controls are applied, household income is still a huge advantage.

Some New York Republicans are fighting for their constituents and against the GOP leadership.

When something simple isn’t so simple.

A simple typo misdirected millions of emails intended for the US military.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

The evidence is pretty thin.

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.

You can’t fire me, I quit!

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

The Supreme Court sided with an anti-gay website designer.

We’re seeing our lowest test scores in decades among a key cohort.

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

Getting rid of Confederate tributes is long overdue. It ain’t cheap.

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are happy. But one man is.

A 5-4 ruling overturns a unanimous decision from 1985.

Are they bored? Delusional?

Virginia’s governor is reportedly taking a shot at the 2024 Republican nomination.

The “We Were Soldiers Once” author and his wife have been honored.

Long after most people returned to normal, public health agencies have given in.

The New York Times looks into ties between a DC area law school and the Supreme Court.

The questionable ethics of living a lavish lifestyle based on high office.

A sensible compromise on a controversial issue.

An old soldier has faded away.

A key pathway to success for low-income citizens isn’t working.

We’re falling further behind for many reasons.

Safety, trade-offs, and risk assessment.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Here we go again.

Should we expect privacy from our own cameras?