Outside the Beltway

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

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

A number of GOP politicians criticized Trump over 1/6 and some resigned.

When life doesn’t imitate art.

The 83-year-old Justice is playing a dangerous game.

Some stories of possible interest.

It’s not compelling.

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

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

A just verdict—but just a verdict.

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

Will America re-elect an 82-year-old to the White House?

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

The average American is neither progressive nor all that interested in politics.

Another example for the conversation.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

Senator Romney and the latest edition of the senatorial pro-filibuster op/ed.

A piece in The Atlantic inspires thoughts.

Joe Biden has bet his presidency on a caucus that may simply be irreconcilable.