Outside the Beltway

The research is not as robust as you’d think.

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

People are resisting going back to the office.

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

When doing the right thing is the wrong thing.

A illustration from the Senate race in Georgia.

It’s the Swiss army knife of profanity.

Unlimited dialog makes conversations harder.

A Black columnist argues that Will Smith set back a whole race.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

Addressing an analytical pet peeve (and, more importantly, correcting a mistake).

It seems that some Americans are relocating to be with people who share their social and cultural views.

Even liberal states like California and Massachusetts are moving on.

Is the past still the past?

You pay for this but they give you that.

When “obviously qualified” apparently isn’t enough

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

Expert opinion on the standoff differs sharply.

The United States and its NATO allies are in a dangerous standoff.

Are we really being blocked from getting back to normal? And if so, what is the real barrier?

The pandemic seems to have broken the social contract.

Some pundits have high standards.

Two stories about our culture’s focus on punishment

Hillary Clinton edition.

The silly season has commenced a mite early.

When life doesn’t imitate art.

A majority of Americans are less than sure that Biden won the 2020 election.

The head of the House investigatory committee seems to think so.

Hesitancy is a complex phenomenon largely immune to facts.

A lot of America is simply over the pandemic, even if it isn’t over us.

Pew’s new typology shows the diversity of both US political parties.

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

In the age of vaccines, should we stop worrying about the pandemic?

Violence, masculinity, and American politics.

What happens if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade?

Oral arguments on the biggest abortion case in decades will be heard today.

Kimberly Webb Joyner, my first wife and the mother of my children, has been gone a decade.

An interesting argument, albeit about a tiny and vastly over-discussed segment.

Our reactions to recent murder trials tells us a lot about our divided country.

The reactions to a verdict that were predictable (indeed, predicted) are over the top.

Exercising Constitutional rights comes with a price.

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

The average American is neither progressive nor all that interested in politics.

A conversation in two parts.

The equivalent of Pennsylvania’s entire labor force is sitting on the sidelines.

“The Closer” delivers more of what people love and hate about the GOAT.

Apparently, it’s higher than 67.

President Biden was advised to keep troops in Afghanistan . . . for no apparent reason.