Outside the Beltway

Or did it?

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

We can all agree that Trump and Biden are over the line. But where is it?

Can generosity be wrong?

Much ado about nothing?

Americans have largely stopped using checks and are rapidly doing the same with cash.

Call-out culture has become a circular firing squad.

There’s an inherent tension in public education.

A case in misplaced priorities.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

Breaking news.

The weakness of anti-drag queen legislation.

Back when people were kinder and man’s word was his bond.

The English are having a periodic reassertion of the “right to roam.”

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

Doubling down on state standards on slavery.

Inter-generational power is a thing.

Those who refuse to learn about the past often perpetuate its mistakes.

Absolutely something!

A quick follow-up to a previous post.

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

They’re angry and yet having a good time.

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

Happy Independence Day!

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.

You can’t fire me, I quit!

And some cable “news” thoughts.

Our car culture is killing us.

Because it deserves more than just an entry in a tab-clearing list.

Never waste a tragedy.

A reminder that all choices are political to one degree or the other.

Another call for letting kids be kids.

As much as we complain about them, they’ve become indispensable for most of us.

It’s becoming just another day off work!

Young Americans are increasingly ruling out those of the other party.

Our surroundings quite literally change how we see the world.

A perennial question.

There’s a fine line between upholding cultural norms and structural racism.

Because screw the other students.

Either it’s a public forum or it’s not.

Every once in a blue moon, a glimpse of humanity can be seen.

The times, they are a-changin’.

The courts can’t save us from ourselves.

France shines new light on an old problem.

Cities are lowering or doing away with longstanding requirements to provide spaces.

People are leaving our cities for the suburbs. But not on an equal basis.

The left and right are attacking basic rights. But not equally.

The lunatic fringe idea is both appealing and unworkable.

Whither American civil religion?

A brief primer on trauma and a link to an interview and paper on being trauma informed