Outside the Beltway

Thousands of LGBTQ veterans are seeking to have their discharges upgraded.

Updating the political saga of Newbern, Alabama.

An appropriate step.

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

Doubling down on state standards on slavery.

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

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

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

The inevitable has happened. Now for the fallout.

When a go-to “nonpartisan” defender breaks rank does that change your opinion?

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.”

It’s time to ban a growing and dangerous practice.

A sensible compromise on a controversial issue.

The court declined to review a preacher’s lawsuit against my alma mater.

The Manhattan DA could move as early as next week.

Inane, effective, and part of a far broader ideological debate.

Here we go again.

My (apparently) annual reflections on “The content of their character” day

A pending Supreme Court ruling could be more impactful than many realize.

The Army has done the right thing the wrong way.

Her emphasis on turnout has helped other Democrats but she’s a two-time loser.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

The former president shopped for the right judge.

President Biden had a meeting with some historians. The horrors.

The iconic basketball player, coach, and civil rights leader is gone at 88.

The symbolic vote attracted a handful of Republican votes.

A new initiative aims to right decades-old wrongs.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

Tweaking the message and getting out the vote don’t matter as much as strategists think.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

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

There are many barriers to true freedom.

The latest strategic moral panic from the far right

A Black columnist argues that Will Smith set back a whole race.

Do you believe in miracles?

Two notorious cases indicate a policy shift on federal prosecutions of cases already tried in lower courts.

Republicans competing to see who can be the toughest on crime

Did you know that the elephant population has tripled over the last six months?

John Robert Lewis Hall (plus the soapiest fountain of them all).

A too-small step in the right direction.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. Alas.

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

Elections have consequences: Old Dominion Edition