Outside the Beltway

Is a de minimus standard too small?

Key posts across the government remain unfilled.

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

What was mere signaling under a Republican Senate and President could now become law.

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

Specifically: the former confederacy and Democratic dominance.

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.

Policy wonks are seeing a refreshing return to the normal order. Some believe that’s a bad thing.

The hidden wokeness of our new Critical Theory-loving President.

Hammerin’ Hank is gone.

A parting shot from the Trump administration.

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

A look back at the last time there was a challenge to a slate of electors.

A silly, sexist WSJ op-ed has generated plenty of attention.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

“Now this campaign is over, what is the will of the people? What is our mandate?”

The Lone Star state is making up its own rules.

If we embrace the Founders to justify the present, let’s think about what we are doing.

Considering Breonna Taylor’s death, police shootings, and human rights.

The iconic Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87.

The legendary Georgetown basketball coach is gone.

The actor best known for his roles as Jackie Robinson and Black Panther has been lost to cancer.

The official campaign to oust Donald Trump is off to a good start.

Preying on the fears of old white people is good business.

“We are a cancer and there is no cure,”

The rules are different if you’re famous.

At what point does a demonstration become something else?

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

A civil rights legend has passed.

Those who wish to vote for Tommy Tuberville or Jeff Sessions will have to walk to the mailbox.

Of course he did.

The evolution of America’s racial language continues.

The Senator from Minnesota is no longer a candidate for Vice President.

A too-long discourse on how courts should function.

The 6-3 opinion written by Justice Gorsuch and joined by Chief Justice Roberts defies conventional wisdom.

The preliminary hearing revealed a damning case against the shooter of a young black man.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

How to translate understandable frustration at injustice into tangible reform?

The mayhem surrounding the demonstrations is drawing attention away from the grievance behind them.

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

If the goal is to change politics, not just vent frustration, messaging is important.

Former prosecutors are suddenly “out.”

The President is sending a terrible message.

He’s doubling down on hypocrisy.

Four highly-qualified (and two less-qualified) women ran and lost in 2020.

The policy was undeniably harmful and unconstitutional. Is it forgivable?

One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.

Worrisome news for an American icon.

Lindsey Graham faces a potentially interesting challenge in his 2020 re-election bid.

With her eyes on her political future in a GOP dominated by Trumpism, Nikki Haley is attempting to rewrite the history of one of the most significant events of her time as Governor of South Carolina.