Outside the Beltway

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

Has a franchise that’s always been political gone too far?

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

There are many barriers to true freedom.

Has the Internet made us more selfish?

Unlimited dialog makes conversations harder.

Parents of disabled kids have successfully sued to mandate masks in schools.

A post that’s only tangentially related to cancel culture.

Generalities about an elusive and controversial phenomenon are unhelpful.

It’s that, er, time again.

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

Some of our citizens are at greater risk under relaxed mask guidelines.

People failing to treat emergencies as emergencies make matters worse.

When life doesn’t imitate art.

There’s something happening here. But what it is ain’t exactly clear.

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.

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

Violence, masculinity, and American politics.

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

A conversation in two parts.

Apparently, it’s higher than 67.

Refusniks are creating an ethical dilemma for the triage system.

A series of reports show just how extreme the vaccination issue has become.

An amusing incident highlights how far we’ve fallen.

The 1st Amendment on four wheels.

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

The Politician’s Syllogism rears its ugly head.

The Democrats are apparently selling their omnibus spending package the wrong way.

Our brains are wired to seek approval but may not be equipped to handle our modern existence.

DC’s new area code is causing an identity crisis.

Rural-urban is now a bigger divide than North-South.

It turns out that the GOAT is a human being.

We’re hurting the feelings of those trying to destroy the country.

Almost everyone in households making over $75,000 are protected from COVID.

Conservatives have lost it one generation at a time.

Some people claim there’s a woman to blame.

The politics of face coverings continues to shift.

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Yet more evidence that we’re a nation divided.

A lottery brings out the worst in a small town.

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

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

A veteran health reporter says the end is near. But there’s a huge caveat.

An artist engages with her critic.

A powerful symbol has been robbed of its significance.

Should wills have an expiration date?

The reaction to the pandemic has long since been about much more than the pandemic.

We’re at the lowest rate in generations.