Outside the Beltway

The latest variant of the “No Justice, No Peace” threat is unhelpful.

A new poll from Texas give us a chance to think about parties and nominations in the US.

More evidence that elite signals matter for mass behavior.

The Ezra Klein show on the “infrastructure” bill.

Yes, it’s complicated, but it is also time to stop relying on cliches.

It’s not just Red states that put up too many barriers.

RussiaGate is back in the news but the story is unlikely to move the needle.

A recent report shows 78 of 435 seats in the US House are truly competitive.

President Biden has a second chance to do the right thing.

It’s seemingly just a matter of time before recreational use is allowed throughout the United States.

Stenography is not journalism.

President Biden’s pollster has made an amazing discovery.

The Free State may have gotten just a little freer.

Stoking a bizarre fantasy that will not die.

We need to rethink traffic stops.

Refuseniks are far more confident than those already vaccinated.

Fulfilling a campaign promise and keeping the discussion alive.

National Review’s Kevin D. Williamson advocates for less democracy in America.

My home state has become the first in the South to join the trend.

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

No, Colorado’s voting regulations are not roughly the same as Georgia’s.

Another entry in the “stunning, but not surprising” category of political observations.

Key posts across the government remain unfilled.

Overruling every case President Trump was involved in is getting silly.

A criminal trial is a poor venue for solving society’s problems.

And, really, all of this current wave of election legislation.

There’s no voting in baseball.

It makes sense for large-scale venues, yes? But making sense is not the issue.

The GA GOP is butting heads with corporations over HB202

Is he bogarting all the good documentaries?

A Trump-era policy designed to screw over blue states may actually be a good one.

There’s a right way and a wrong way to improve the system.

How well do single-seat districts lead to representation? (And of what?)

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

Quite a number of Democratic Congressmen are thinking about seeking a new job.

A little-known rule might allow a majority to pass one more bill.

Apparently, all those states legislating on transgender kids playing sports are doing it for no reason.

A truly silly characterization from Senator Mike Lee.

Georgia Public Broadcasting provides a useful list of provisions.

An example from Dan McLaughlin of NR

It makes voting harder.

A George Mason economist has an intriguing idea but maybe he has it backwards.

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

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

The downfall of Andrew Cuomo shines a light on toxic workplaces and governance styles.

Our current forms of collective action on guns have failed us.

While progressives in the party are often frustrated with the West Virginia Senator, he is demonstrating yet again that he’s no Republican.

His stale jokes about eating dog have drawn fire for years.