Outside the Beltway

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

And, more broadly, about the normalization of Trump

The Hit King is gone at 83.

Or more charitably, forgets due to cognitive decline

“Dr. Ruth” is gone at 96.

Sally Buzzee is out and the staff is “pissed.” Readers will likely notice no difference.

A weird report might explain a puzzling finding in the polls.

Finding 12 impartial people in a high-profile trial is challenging.

Creeping authoritarianism? Political suicide? Descent into madness?

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

When being despicable is normal, is it still news?

The last challenger to Donald Trump bows to reality.

Plus an observation on news coverage.

Israel and Iran’s proxies are on a collision course.

The popular app is influencing the opinions of its young user base.

The most important and controversial American diplomat of the postwar era is gone at 100.

Most no longer believe it’s possible to get ahead through hard work.

What if one of the candidates is Hitler?

A roundup of news and opinon.

Another illustration of the weakness of the American party system.

His message isn’t getting through. Is it the messenger?

The Gulf and Western singer, songwriter, and mogul has died at 76.

The base is remaining loyal to the only candidate they think can beat Biden.

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

The oldest state institutions of higher education are spending money to make money.

The Eurozone is falling further behind the United States.

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

Another hat for the pile.

A weird twist to the online leak story.

Americans are losing confidence in the bargain.

People are leaving our cities for the suburbs. But not on an equal basis.

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

They went all-in on the Big Lie and we now have the receipts that they knew what they were doing.

An illegal practice that won’t go away.

The PRC is skirting sanctions to supply a frienemy.

A silly workaround to an infuriating problem that won’t go away.

“Cooking with gas” could become a thing of the past. But it probably won’t.

The longtime journalist is gone at 100.

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

Should Secretary Pete have done more?

A 4155-page, $1.65 trillion dollar budget deal has been reached.

The President will be the 2024 Democratic nominee. Get used to it.

A 34-year CIA officer’s thoughts.

The idiocy of Iowa and New Hampshire having outsized influence on who is elected President may be ending.

Even the 2020 election deniers are conceding close elections in the midterms.