Outside the Beltway

Stupid is as stupid does.

A bizarre development looks to upend it less than 24 hours after it was announced.

Stories, links, and brief observations from the week that never grew into posts.

Public health shouldn’t be made into a partisan issue.

Critical race theory rears its ugly head yet again.

“A Walk in the Woods”

Details are quite scant at the moment.

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

Ron DeSantis and friends are afraid of higher education.

The second won’t be so fortunate.

Another narrowly-crafted but overwhelming opinion from the Supreme Court.

It turns out a 51-50 Senate majority isn’t enough.

Are Sinema and Machin going to jump ship?

Most NCAA restrictions violate anti-trust law.

It’s no better than Joe Manchin’s.

Yet more evidence that we’re a nation divided.

A law seeking to help the state’s workers seems to be having the opposite effect.

Some semi-coherent thoughts on the occasion.

Discussing the filibuster.

Kinda, sorta, maybe, but probably not really.

A pandemic and the rise of Zoom meetings unleashed an academic theory into the wild.

Vaccination is voluntary but refusal is not without consequence.

Or, you know, not.

Quick takes from the week.

That escalated quickly.

A lottery brings out the worst in a small town.

“Remember”

A meaningless gesture that’s long overdue.

It passed the Senate unanimously.

And linkages to broader US politics.

He’s in the minority but promises to start obstructing again if that changes.

Another case of word choice overriding intent.

The indicators are pointing in the direction of caffeine being good for most people.

Israel’s long national nightmare is over. Or is it?

Yet another thing driving Americans apart.