Outside the Beltway

The inevitable is now very much in progress.

One party is divided on how to govern and the other is united in not governing.

“Court Square Fountain”

Don’t believe your lying eyes.

Our love for cheap goods and services requires lots of people willing to work for very little.

The question is: for how long and ultimately how much?

Should he be worried about the appearance of partisan gaming?

The project that has been on-again, off-again since 2008 seems to be off for good.

Even incredibly abnormal Presidents are Presidents.

The Commonwealth is much more diverse than national election returns might indicate.

A massive sting operation has been revealed.

A typical case of American blind justice.

Some good news in the hacking wars.

A non-technical explainer about a recurring complaint.

The law and justice are frequently not the same thing.

The piling on continues.

Vague reporting makes it hard to know whether the latest scandal is scandalous.

We’re all apes. And some are willfully stupid about their public duties.

Or, at least, he’s willing to kill democracy in order to save it.

A major first step to solving a longstanding global issue.

Millions have health insurance who otherwise wouldn’t.

The post really isn’t about Sinema as much as it about a theory of poltiics.

Retired generals are no longer in the military.

Brought to you by the son of Moon.

Prosecutors want rioters to pay for it.

“Weight of the Past”

A very strange approach to talent management.

An outrage was averted by an act of kindness.

An unfunded mandate remains in place.

A podcast recommendation.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

A star player has opted out of a Grand Slam, citing “mental health.”

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

Welcome to June.

A special session looms. (And how this is not like the filibuster in the US Senate).

A damning number.

We need what we aren’t going to get.