Outside the Beltway

Some stories of possible interest.

Some 98 percent of active service members are now vaccinated. The rest will be discharged.

The clock is ticking.

“Yellow”

It’s not compelling.

Shockingly, they’re not remotely equivalent.

A somber thought about this present moment.

A lot of America is simply over the pandemic, even if it isn’t over us.

Assessing her actions in 2018 in light of 2020 and onward.

Pew’s new typology shows the diversity of both US political parties.

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

He is heading to CNN+

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

A historic achievement for the first-year starter.

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.

Look no further than the Georgia GOP primary for governor.

Politicians controlling lines control voters (instead of voters controlling politicians).

In the age of vaccines, should we stop worrying about the pandemic?

A long peek at history in the making.

Democrats and Republicans are playing by different rules.

They took notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy.

“Urban Gallery”

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

There are no good options, only bad and worse ones.

Russia’s leader sees the situation in the former Soviet Republic quite differently than the West.

Do young Democrats really hate Republicans more than vice-versa?

Two controversial monuments are gone.

We’re three short years from the next election.

The Pentagon brass have defeated a supermajority coalition in Congress.

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

Russia may invade Ukraine again. The United States would prefer otherwise.

An epic but improbable win.

Children are starving and it’s partly our fault.

They’re searching for good times. But just wait and see.

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