Outside the Beltway

The flurry of news around the new variant is dizzying.

Some tabs plus some tabs equals some tabs.

There’s something happening here. But what it is ain’t exactly clear.

The head of the House investigatory committee seems to think so.

Gotta make space for all the new tabs that we are going to get for Christmas!

Misc. stories for your enjoyment.

This time: some multi-party examples.

The West Virginia Senator has taken the football from Charlie Brown and gone home.

The continuing calls to abandon objectivity in reporting in favor of a particular agenda.

Two members of the presidential commission reach the conclusion that expansion is needed.

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

Kids are getting caught in the crossfire of the fight over COVID shots.

A long peek at history in the making.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

Two controversial monuments are gone.

The Pentagon brass have defeated a supermajority coalition in Congress.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

A media critic argues we pay outsized attention to the goings-on at Fox, MSNBC, and CNN.

What happens if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade?

Yet another COVID-19 strain has emerged.

Our reactions to recent murder trials tells us a lot about our divided country.

A just verdict—but just a verdict.

Some stories worth your time.

A really strange case.

When the headline tells the story.

Journalism is terrible except when compared to the alternatives.

The politicization of the virus continues.

A conversation in two parts.

The matter of Executive Privilege and former Presidents is settled law.

He’s controversial but consistent.

A favorite anecdote from Robert Caro’s first masterpiece is likely untrue.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

Senator Romney and the latest edition of the senatorial pro-filibuster op/ed.

Running against Trump didn’t work this year.

Tip O’Neil’s famous saying hasn’t been true in a long, long time.

A massive investigation into the Capitol riot looks at what came before, during, and after.

Can we stop pretending these trolls and grifters are Republicans?

44% of Republicans strongly disapprove of President Biden’s performance while only 22% of Democrats strongly approve.

There will be no religious exemptions. For now, at least.

Joe Biden has bet his presidency on a caucus that may simply be irreconcilable.

While 96 percent of airmen are in compliance, the service is about to get smaller.

There is a lot of anger out there.

The veteran character actor has died of cancer at 66.

The President seems to have persuaded the progressives in his party to settle for half a loaf.

The Assistant Secretary for Health has put on a uniform and become an instant Admiral.

Nick Rolovich’s request for a waiver based on unspecified religious objections was denied.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

A party invitation going terribly wrong.

He boldly went where no nonagenarian had gone before.

Replacing the social media giant ain’t easy.