Outside the Beltway

Joe Biden has bet his presidency on a caucus that may simply be irreconcilable.

$1.75 trillion ain’t $3.5 trillion but it’s something.

It’s not funny when you have to constantly explain the jokes.

The President seems to have persuaded the progressives in his party to settle for half a loaf.

Is the Worldwide Leader responsible oblivious to bigotry?

A spectacular fall for a man who has been at the center of the football world for three decades.

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

We’re an incredibly divided country but splitting it into two is impossible.

Why products are still hard to find and prices are so high.

The Catch-22 of passing a massive spending bill in an undemocratic system.

While well-intentioned, the Chairman’s actions were illegal and dangerous.

What malarkey is this?

An interesting but rather misleading report from a Biden Treasury official.

Because why the hell not.

Is the debate over the cost of the “infrastructure” bill a distraction from its content?

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

Making sense of a weird story.

The postmortems are well underway.

It’s not too late but it’s too late.

The tabs must be cleared.

Legislatures and school boards politicize what our kids are taught.

Part of a disturbing trend.

He has nominated only 304 people out 1,200+ that require Senate confirmation.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

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

Are Sinema and Machin going to jump ship?

It’s no better than Joe Manchin’s.

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

Our junior enlisted members make far less than that.

A reckless campaign of violence has now targeted American journalists.

If the younger generation seems to be maturing later, there are good reasons.

A laser focus on the pandemic and economic insecurity has him in good shape at the traditional check-in point.

Don’t believe everything you see on TV.

A credulous report on the tech giant’s altruism.

An internal review is calling for America’s business paper to diversify its appeal.

Stoking a bizarre fantasy that will not die.

Queen Elizabeth’s husband has died two months shy of his 100th birthday.

Key posts across the government remain unfilled.

The 6th Circuit is allowing a professor fired for misgendering a transwoman to sue his state university.

The media became the story but the President was the news.

We tend to focus on the wrong qualities in our early assessments.

We’re about to spend a whole lot more money.

Major is a good boy who hardly ever bites anybody.

Yes, partisanship is real. And it influences more than just voting behavior.

Israel is taking an aggressive approach to inoculation.

A third of Americans are unsure they want the life-saving COVID shots.

A periodic reminder.

And a discussion of markets (and a warning about partisanship).

It is really so hard to understand that you don’t go on vacation during a massive disaster?

Some reflections