Outside the Beltway

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

“Dog bites man” isn’t news. Unless it’s the President’s dog.

The Senate Republican Leader had another concerning incident.

The Irish singer-activist is gone at 56.

Shockingly, the current President’s numbers are worse than his predecessor’s.

A rare man and a rare milestone.

The times, they are a-changin’.

An odd set of Senators have a really bad idea.

The left and right are attacking basic rights. But not equally.

The silliness of “generations.”

Cities across the United States are taking the wrong approach to a crisis.

Because of course she is.

New details are emerging about possible motivations.

A complicated case out of NYU.

The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.

Academic performance has fallen to the lowest level in decades.

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

The man most famous for his turn on “Leave it to Beaver” has passed from liver cancer aged 77.

An already awful system on steroids.

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister was killed at a campaign rally. He was 67.

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

Calling it a “deal” is vastly over-selling it.

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

Alas, it’s unlikely to change the policies that enable them.

There’s much more to the story than meets the eye.

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

Tragedy has played out so often that it has become a statistic.

The pandemic forced the spread of useful technology.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

A number of GOP politicians criticized Trump over 1/6 and some resigned.

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

The rat race of becoming a physician and maintaining one’s license is more intense than popularly understood.

A serial criminal murdered five and injured dozens.

It appears that normal safeguards were ignored, leading to disaster on the set.

The convicted criminal has taken his shenanigans to court.

Replacing the social media giant ain’t easy.

Because why the hell not.

Jacob Chansley has agreed to spend 41 to 51 months in prison for his role in the 6 January riots.

The actor best known for his role as Lou Grant has died at 91.

It turns out that the GOAT is a human being.

COVID vaccine hesitancy is just the tip of the iceberg.

The pop star is “traumatized” by restrictions placed by her conservator-father.

A star player has opted out of a Grand Slam, citing “mental health.”

The politics of science comes full circle.

What at first blush appears a case of hypocrisy and cancel culture is a violation of professional ethics.

A mass shooting in Atlanta draws attention to a problem of which I was only tangentially aware.

In hindsight, there were more than a few clues.

The President of the United States is an existential threat to the Republic.

A sad and disturbing report from a reliable source.

Why isn’t Joe Biden President already?