Outside the Beltway

The President used his first speech to Congress as an attempt to unite the country.

The trends over the last half century are really something.

A laser focus on the pandemic and economic insecurity has him in good shape at the traditional check-in point.

The US has more shots available than willing arms while those in the developing world are dying.

Jimmy Carter’s Vice President and the 1984 Democratic nominee has died at 93.

Rogue cops, racial profiling, tainted cases, and the lack of consequences.

RussiaGate is back in the news but the story is unlikely to move the needle.

Stenography is not journalism.

The Free State may have gotten just a little freer.

An internal review is calling for America’s business paper to diversify its appeal.

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

No, Colorado’s voting regulations are not roughly the same as Georgia’s.

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

A criminal trial is a poor venue for solving society’s problems.

When the solution is worse than the problem.

We can all agree that it’s important but not what it is.

The Watergate conspirator, author, and talk show host was 90.

Apparently, all those states legislating on transgender kids playing sports are doing it for no reason.

The beloved author of children’s books had died days short of her 105th birthday.

The author of “Lonesome Dove,” “Terms of Endearment,” and so many more great novels is gone at 84.

It makes voting harder.

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

Appoint more Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Or else!

Immigration policy is harder than it looks.

On the one hand, true. On the other, so what?

The quasi-monopoly power of the world’s largest bookstore is problematic. Maybe.

The fixes worsen the stated problem (more on Iowa and other states’ attempts to restrict voting).

And what GOP opposition says about the party.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

The fecklessness of U.S. human rights policy in full display.

And a discussion of markets (and a warning about partisanship).

The Senate’s last conservative Democrat is taking President Biden’s call for unity seriously.

There’s more than enough opinion journalism.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

As expected, the second impeachment trial of the 45th President will proceed.

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

Some political history,

It is not a tool to foster compromise. It is tool of obstruction, plain and simple.

Historical precedents fall apart when we’re in a truly unprecedented time.

The man still can’t get out of his own way.

The pivot point in the impeachment charges: two hours of silence.

The GOP, alas, is not going anywhere.

The legal debates are unsettled but we can all agree that Rand Paul is a moron.

It’s time to up our protection game.

President Biden told a little fib.

A legally correct but maddening ruling.

Policy wonks are seeing a refreshing return to the normal order. Some believe that’s a bad thing.