Outside the Beltway

The IRS has finally created a website to allow some people to do it for free.

It’s a cottage industry.

“The Rise of ‘Middle-Finger Politics’”

The rule of law is under seige.

A truckload of deplorables.

A legendary actor is gone at 87.

Virginia’s governor is finding running a state harder than running a venture capitalist firm.

A major effort to capture the diversity of America.

“Cemetery Staircase”

Americans are tuning out. Especially those on the right.

The psychologist who won a Nobel in economics is gone at 90.

The 2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee turned maverick is gone at 82.

Some interesting tidbits.

There will be lawyers.

He’s suddenly a billionaire after all.

And back to thoughts on section 3.

A long overdue strengthening of a key alliance.

The United States abstained but did not exercise its veto power.

An unexpected 11th hour reprieve.

The ruling could be more impactful than Dobbs. Or render Dobbs less impactful.

He may be fighting the last war.

A long tradition continues unabated.

So many intentions to write, so little time.

The book spawned a cottage industry. But did it change the study of economics?

You can lead a horse to water, but the trick is the drinking.

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.

Creeping authoritarianism? Political suicide? Descent into madness?

No, I don’t feel terrible now.

Putin ignored warnings from US intelligence.

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.

Its like déjà vu all over again.

Anticompetitive practices in one of the most competitive of markets.

Most of the things with his name on them are not in his name.

“Floating in the Clouds”

A century-old cartel has been broken.

Millions of fools and their money may soon be parted.

A familiar question is again a reasonable one.