Outside the Beltway

White House service is usually a ticket to high-paying jobs in Washington. Not so for the current administration.

Controversies involving Jimmy Kimmel and “The Simpsons” highlight a perennial question.

President Trump isn’t reacting well to the raid on his attorney’s office.

The great negotiator in the White House is likely underestimating the tools available to Xi.

Argumentation without the intent to persuade is masturbation, not journalism.

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?

Old-fashioned notions of journalistic neutrality are chafing young reporters in the Age of Trump.

A blog post and resulting Twitter exchange point to a larger problem in our political dialog.

Johnetta Benton was caught on tape in a 15-minute rant against President Trump’s campaign slogan. She ain’t wrong.

If you recall your grade school civics, you already knew this.

A proposal that has no chance of passing may harm the movement he’s seeking to help.

Is Google acting as a good citizen here? Or abusing its market dominance?

Uh oh.

Joseph E. diGenova has touted the theory that rogue FBI elements have tried to frame Trump in the Russia probe.

Wisconsin-Stevens Point is shuttering 13 majors, including English, history, political science and sociology while expanding more job-oriented programs.

Individual races are idiosyncratic. But there are nonetheless some lessons here.

The British prime minister and outgoing US Secretary of State declared a red line crossed. There’s no reason to think this White House will follow through.

It is a fair question. But judging the Trump administration on tax cuts, Gorsuch, and the DJIA is to ignore a lot of profound problems.

Kids are more likely to be killed driving to school than shot while there. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try and prevent them.

North Korea’s Dear Leader has baited the President of the United States into a trap.

The Russia investigation rolls on with more evidence of questionable conduct on the part of Trump and his team.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

The circumstantial case for corruption by Kushner is growing.

Shots fired: European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker threatens to fight back if President Trump imposes tariffs on steel and aluminum.

The February 2 episode of This American Life gets at some of my frustrations over our inability to have a meaningful discussion about pretty much anything.

New polls show increased support for various gun control measures, including limitations on so-called “assault weapons,” but that doesn’t mean we’re likely to see Congressional action on the subject.

Jonathan Bernstein thinks so and Chuck Todd and company outline a pretty strong case.

What is CPAC telling us about the contemporary conservative movement?

Salary-based definitions distort the conversation. And lifestyle-based definitions are a moving target.

Dave Schuler argues the US would have a much better healthcare system if we had modeled it on VA clinics rather than private insurance.

An emerging technology will take “fake news” to a whole new level.

Since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in District of Columbia v. Heller four separate Federal appellate courts have ruled that state and local laws banning “assault weapons” do not violate the Second Amendment.

President Trump is pressing the idea of arming teachers to stop shootings in schools.

The students who survived last week’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida are speaking out, and some on the right are responding by engaging in personal attacks and spreading conspiracy theories.

Blake Hounshell has doubts about whether Trump colluded with Moscow.

The tragedy in Florida last week revealed once again how hyperpartisanship is destroying our politics and harming the country.

There are no adequate words.

The new Black Panther movie raises a variant of the central question of the superhero genre. [No significant spoilers]

Phil Carter makes an interesting argument but he’s ultimately mistaken.

The long-overdue redesign of OTB is now live.

A significant and important development in the Russia investigation that shows that President Trump’s claim that the stories of Russian interference in the 2016 election were “Fake News” is completely untrue.

Another school shooting, this time in Florida.

Donald Trump’s lawyer admits to making a six-figure payment on the eve of the 2016 election to a porn star that Trump was alleged to have had an affair with. That just raises a host of other questions.

Donald Trump spent much of the past year touting the rising stock market, now he’s getting a lesson in reality.

President Trump has harsh words for Democrats who didn’t applaud his SOTU.

Dodge is facing controversy this morning for using the words of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Super Bowl commercial, but they’re not the only party who may have some questions to answer.

Two Amtrak crashes in less than a week is newsworthy. It is not, however, a trend.

A newly released poll has encouraging signs for Democrats in 2018, but there are several caveats.

Have we reached the point where the processing speed, connectivity, and cameras on our smart phones are simply good enough?

Imagine a world where Hillary Clinton was President and stood accused of the same things Donald Trump and his campaign are currently under investigation for.