Outside the Beltway

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

Thomas gets the ball rolling, and I take off from there.

Since when is it a crime to say stupid things on “The View”?

A reckless campaign of violence has now targeted American journalists.

A mass shooting in Atlanta draws attention to a problem of which I was only tangentially aware.

Debunking urban legends and Internet rumors is harder than it used to be.

Not.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

Does online performance logically devolve into rage and violence?

The Republicans are putting on quite a show.

The newspaper of record radically altered a column and then misrepresented it.

There’s a disturbing pattern of misogyny from his supporters.

What lessons are there for the United States in general, and Democrats in particular, in last weeks British election?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized for blocking constituents on Twitter as part of a legal settlement.

Barry Goldwater saw what the so-called “religious right” would become decades ago.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, already facing a rough re-election battle is now dealing with a blackface controversy.

The so-called “rebel alliance’ in the House of Commons continues to stack up wins against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but Johnson could still win in the end.

And what a week it has been.

A disturbing story that’s almost certainly not what it first appears.

Donald Trump’s delusions of grandeur are getting more and more bizarre.

President Trump doubled down on his tirade against Jewish American Democrats from yesterday with some even more offensive comments.

President Trump just tossed a hand grenade into the firestorm that American politics.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s actions toward two Democratic Congresswomen,seemingly at the bidding of President Trump, is the latest example of the growing partisan divide over policy toward Israel.

Another day, another mass shooting and, as is becoming all too common in this country, this one appears to have been racially motivated.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being sued for blocking people on Twitter. She’s likely to lose the lawsuits.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.

A new report indicates that Russian social media trolls are involved in spreading anti-vaccination propaganda in the United States and elsewhere.

The transatlantic rejection of elite consensus that began with Brexit continues.

Herman Wouk, best known for works such as The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance, has died at the age of 103.

Taking Joe Biden’s bait, President Trump once again defended his response to the racist rally in Charlottesville two years ago..

Another white supremacist attack raises disturbing questions about our information environment.

Nancy Pelosi is tired of Democrats voting to please their constituents.

Following Donald Trump’s lead, the GOP is making clear that its game plan for 2020 is paint all Democrats as ‘socialists, baby killers, and anti-Semites.’

Justice Clarence Thomas argues that a 55-year-old precedent should be overturned.

Lyndon LaRouche, an eight-time Presidential candidate who ran a cult-like organization that spread bizarre conspiracy theories, has died at 96.

The right has spent a seemingly inordinate amount of time focusing on relatively powerless Members of Congress.

You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

Cory Booker’s interest in running for President has been an open secret for some time, now he’s being far less coy about it.

Rest in Peace and Excelsior, Stan Lee!

Anti-Semitic violence has increased markedly over the past two years. So has the spread of far-right “anti-Globalist” conspiracy theories. This is not a coincidence.

As the midterm campaign draws to a close, Donald Trump is returning to the message of xenophobia and fear that dominated his Presidential campaign.

The man responsible for the deaths of eleven people in a Pittsburgh synagogue has been indicted on 44 counts by a Federal Grand Jury.

Trump’s words matter.

Charges have been filed against the man responsible for the massacre in Pittsburgh in both Federal and State court.

At least eight people are dead in a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

Should celebrities use their influence in partisan politics?

Another day, another plea agreement in the Mueller investigation. This one could prove to be problematic for the President.

With the Democratic Primary just days away, Andrew Cuomo’s Democratic challenger in New York is making headlines thanks to a rather odd culinary choice.

Congressman Keith Ellison won his party’s nomination for Minnesota Attorney General notwithstanding last-minute allegations of abuse against a former girlfriend.