Outside the Beltway

The attack at the Pelosi house should surprise no one.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

Touting the accomplishments of the last two years isn’t working.

He remains free pending appeal.

She is the shortest-tenured Prime Minister in British history.

Hope is not a COA.

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

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

Some stories and passing comments.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

For the first time in a long time, Presidential approval numbers and voter preferences aren’t’ aligned.

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

What does objectivity mean in the Trump era?

A man made famous for discovering Iraq’s WMD program was virtually nonexistent is gone at 82.

The most consumer-visible commodity is down for the 67th consecutive day.

The leading public health agency no longer recommends doing things people had already stopped doing.

And a comment on news coverage of the passage.

They’re going to wait until after the midterms to decide whether Iowa and New Hampshire stay at the front of the line.

Moscow is playing a very strange game.

Capitol Hill Republicans are turning the concept on its head.

Can American democracy survive its information bubbles?

She’s almost certainly going to lose her House seat. Can she get a promotion?

A disease spreading mostly among gay men is now infecting small children.

The truth is pretty obvious.

With all of California’s problems solved, Gavin Newsome is doing stunts.

Making ourselves cooler is making the earth warmer.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

Paywalls are not our problem.

An embarrassing photo demonstrates the perils of leading the free world.

Another comment on the American presidency and its critics.

The pressure and expectations of a king, but with considerably less power.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

A large plurality of the network’s viewers think left wingers trying to make Trump look bad are to blame.

It’s been more of a reading than writing morning.

Republicans killed their parents and demanding mercy for being orphaned.

The new honcho at the original 24 hour news network wants to be more subtle and less alarmest.

It’s not all about Trump.

It was yuuuge! And nobody saw it!

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

The pandemic forced the spread of useful technology.

Not so conservative.

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

The legendary comic book artist is gone at 80.

Seeing no way to win under their own label, they’ve called a Hail Mary.

We expect far more from the Oval Office than is reasonable.