Outside the Beltway

Candidate quality can matter.

“Pirate’s Alley”

Cable news v. court edition.

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

Eighteen HIMARS and what do you get? Years older and deeper in debt.

The CIA warned of his months ago but the Biden administration is being cautious.

Autocrats facing defeat have all kinds of counterproductive, dangerous ideas.

Jim VandeHei and company have put out a new style guide.

The Russian leader may be looking over his shoulder after imposing a draft.

Apparently, more expensive versions of products are often better.

Putin provides an example for a Politics 101 class.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

If you haven’t actually seen the clip, here you go.

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

The reactionary press is once again misrepresenting diversity training.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

Three weeks in, only 4.4 million Americans have gotten the shot.

“Shadows and Shapes”

Makin’ his way the only way he knows how, that’s just a little bit more than the law will allow.

As one does when one is confident of one’s policy choices.

A lot of folks who study democracy have sent an open letter to Congress.

Mary Peltola’s election was a milestone for America’s First Peoples.

The Pentagon’s Inspector General is “concerned” over the pace of rejections.

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

What once seemed to be ‘saying the quiet part out loud’ is now administration policy.

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.

A song and some passing thoughts on supermarket tabloids.

The Department of Justice takes an utterly unsurprising, but important step in the Mar-a-lago document case

Wherein I take issue with a charactization made by Tom Nichols and discuss the politics of language.

The fading tabloid still has significant influence.

A shameful stunt reminiscent of an even darker era.

Start your weekend with some soul!

The former president shopped for the right judge.

A sweet story gets a wee bit more complicated.