Outside the Beltway

Fewer people are very happy and more are not too happy than any time in a longstanding survey.

The evidence is clear. Injustice feeds rage and rage sometimes boils over.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

The pandemic is highlighting an international shame.

All the deaths are fit to print.

Vastly more people died than needed to and the economy still crashed.

A great songwriter is gone at 73.

You can’t make this stuff up.

Too many people still don’t understand the idea behind ‘flattening the curve.’ That includes our President.

Anti-Biden ads using the former President’s words are being aimed at black voters.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Supreme Court heard a significant Second Amendment case, but it is unlikely to rule on the merits of the case.

The vultures keep circling above the head of “America’s Mayor.”

The Butterball Turkey Hotline still thrives even in the era of the Internet.

History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.

Former President Obama called out so-called ‘woke’ culture in a talk late last week.

October’s jobs report came back better than expected but hardly something to cheer.

The Washington Nationals won their first World Series in franchise history, and the first for Washington, D.C. since Calvin Coolidge was President.

They know how Congress works, but are banking on the fact that many Americans don’t.

The August Jobs Report came in below expectations as other economic statistics point to a slowing economy.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has once again upheld a local ordinance banning assault weapons.

Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party stalwart who served in Congress nine years ago, has thrown his hat in the ring against President Trump for the 2020 GOP Presidential Nomination.

A Federal Court has ruled once again in favor of a transgender student in Virginia who was prevented from using the bathroom conforming to their gender identity.

Dozens of well-off students from the Chicago area are getting college subsidies.

New estimates place the Cowboys and Yankees at the top of the list of the most valuable sports franchises in the world.

Happy Friday!

President Trump has named his pick for Labor Secretary.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

Some agree with him. Many others are cowards. But there’s more to it.

Another case where the cruelty is the point?

Bill DeBlasio is facing criticism for the fact that he was off in Iowa on his quixotic Presidential campaign rather than being at home during Saturday’s blackout.

The victory of the U.S. Women’s team in the World Cup has renewed a long-standing argument over pay equity, but the issue is far more complicated than it seems.

The Supreme Court has struck down a provision of the Lanham Act barring approval of “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks as unconstitutional.

With hours to go before they were set to start. the President delayed the mass deportation raids that were supposed to begin this morning.

Following through on a threat made by the President earlier this week, immigration authorities are reportedly planning mass raids aimed primarily at immigrant families starting tomorrow.

Congress is considering a bill that would establish a commission to examine the issue of reparations for slavery.;

Texas has become the latest state to eliminate red-light cameras amid increasing evidence that they are largely counterproductive.

The current economic recovery turns ten years old this month, but it can’t last forever.

Further progress for advocates of marijuana legalization from the Land of Lincoln.

The Supreme Court sent a signal yesterday that seems to indicate how it might deal with future abortion law challenges and it doesn’t bode well for pro-lifers.

There are many things to dislike about the Democratic socialist from Vermont. Hypocrisy isn’t among them.

President Trump’s stonewalling strategy suffered another legal setback in New York City yesterday.

The Toddler-in-Chief has issued an ultimatum.

A previously confidential I.R.S. memo contradicts the Administration on the issue of providing copies of the President’s tax returns.

The size of the Democratic Presidential field, combined with other things peculiar to the way Democrats pick their nominee, is leading some to wonder if we might see a brokered convention in 2020.

Republicans have spent the past week putting as much distance as they can between themselves and the latest round of radical anti-abortion laws.

Que Sera, Sera

Patrick Shanahan, who has been serving as Acting Defense Secretary since James Mattis left in December, is being selected to replace Mattis in that position.

One opinion writer says that Senator Kamala Harris should be disqualified as a Democratic candidate because she owns a handgun.

The Supreme Court has agreed to accept a group of cases dealing with the issue of whether or not existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.