Outside the Beltway

There may be no exit.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

In particular in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case

…and I write a bit more than that.

You know, the meritocracy at work.

The move paves the way for Kash Patel or another Trump appointee.

Trump’s core policies will drive inflation

The Hit King is gone at 83.

More data shows a more complicated picture.

Is all diversity created equal?

“Dr. Ruth” is gone at 96.

Administrations are struggling to handle the biggest wave of student protests in generations.

If only we knew why Mississippi chose to join the Confederacy…

The S&P and Nikkei are at all-time highs. Economists warn that it won’t last.

Group dynamics and limited choices.

A stroll through the archives.

Might not be bribery, but it’s still exerting influence.

The Republican frontrunner continues to use Hitler’s language, praise dictators, and lionize traitors.

One weird trick could save us from Trump.

They average more than any other occupation and considerably more than their European counterparts.

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

The inevitable has happened. Now for the fallout.

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

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

Old men still bitter about where they went to college.

Culling for the primary feeder job in American legal system begins in high school.

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

A brilliant journalist is gone at 44.

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

Republicans have died at a far higher rate than Democrats.

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

Is it time to call the whole thing off?

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

Because they’re indoctrinating the youth with their biased agendas and liberal, unfactual diastribes.

The public health community is divided on whether it’s a good idea.

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

A new way to think about the problem.

Outrage over the outrage is outrageous.

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

An interesting argument, albeit about a tiny and vastly over-discussed segment.

It turns out “the economy” isn’t just one thing.

A party invitation going terribly wrong.

On mandates and other miscellany.

J.D. Vance’s cynical suggestion.

Most aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

Put the frustration where it belongs.

The rate at which Americans are getting COVID shots is slowing rapidly.