Outside the Beltway

An ongoing series of observations.

A diplomatic nightmare brewing since last week is now upon us.

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

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.

Ezra Klein discusses the dynamics of American conservatism in historical perspective. Plus, he helps illustrate a key problem that we have in thinking about American politics (IMHO).

Has a franchise that’s always been political gone too far?

Another grim—and substantially avoidable—milestone.

Supply chain disruptions are contributing to crisis for 300 million people.

“Reaching”

The bubble may have burst.

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

Another day, another disappointment for the party’s legislative agenda.

Assumptions of racial animus are overshadowing a story that’s outrageous enough on its own.

The pandemic forced the spread of useful technology.

PETA has launched a weird protest against Starbucks.

Susan Collins and other Senators claiming otherwise are just wrong.

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

The Biden Administration is constantly bragging about its actions against Russia. Is that wise?

For your consideration.

Hopefully answering a reader question (but probably just making it all worse).

More on primaries with a foray into Madison and the general politics of power-seekers and incentives.

Not so conservative.

The Ohio GOP Senate contest.

In other news, there’s gambling going on at Casablanca.

We’re mostly back to “normal” while yet another new strain is surging.

Nobody is keeping the gate.

“1 WTC”

At least not right away. But it’s quite possible by 2040.

The 45th President was a psychopath.

The role of American political institutions.

There are many barriers to true freedom.

The apparently eminent demise of abortion rights has reignited an old debate.

The Senator from Maine once against demonstrates that she shouldn’t be prognosticating about people’s future actions.

Another journalist has been fired for a cardinal sin.