Outside the Beltway

Why can’t some of us handle the truth?

Economic Chart Edition.

Doing the right thing after doing the wrong thing.

400-plus general and flag officer promotions went through almost instantaneously.

The four-team Playoff will go out making a lot of folks mad.

…and the perceptions thereof.

And, not surprisingly, about parties.

Yet again, the Court has told the state that it has to draw lines that accommodate its Black citizens.

Congress is doing something, at least.

A longtime friend has passed.

A Republican lawmaker pleads guilty.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

Common ground is, sadly, bad politics.

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

Some of these have been open for a while…

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

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

Updating the political saga of Newbern, Alabama.

President Biden has again made history.

Legislature poised to approve new districts that appear to violate a federal court order.

When something simple isn’t so simple.

The Eurozone is falling further behind the United States.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

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

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

The silliness of singling out tiny measures.

Another entry into the ongoing performative politics of Ron DeSantis.

The process that could chance Alabama’s congressional delegation begins.

Remembering the past; living the future.

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

Diving into the structure of Alabama’s districts and highlighting deep problems.

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?

Eight state have withdrawn from a system to prevent illegal voting because of ignorance and agitation.

Get me higher than the grocery bill.

Tuberville claims he was taken “out of context.”

Every once in a blue moon, a glimpse of humanity can be seen.

The state Senate has amended the bill considerably.

A bill in Alabama would bar Chinese nationals from buying property in the state.

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

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

An odd set of Senators have a really bad idea.

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

It’s taken more than two years to undo a silly, petty decision.

The court declined to review a preacher’s lawsuit against my alma mater.

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

Because I actually think its important.