Outside the Beltway

The combination of new variants and increased immunity has changed how the disease presents.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

Will voters overlook the elephant in the room?

A complicated case out of NYU.

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

The UK’s longest-reigning monarch has passed, aged 96.

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

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

An unlikely source argues that it’s too big and poorly targeted.

Is it time to call the whole thing off?

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

A bill that was never about the thing it’s called doesn’t do that thing.

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

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring today and will swear his former law clerk in his replacement.

Phoenix, DeVry, and other scam colleges have reached a settlement.

The Washington Post has fired a reporter for her rants against colleagues.

Yet another study that confirms my pre-existing biases.

Who gets to claim Latino heritage?

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

Because they’re indoctrinating the youth with their biased agendas and liberal, unfactual diastribes.

We did much better in 2020 and worse since 2021 than we thought.

A protest against vaccine mandates is growing with a little help from our adversaries.

Can the Misery Index be far behind?

And yes, it is political (and always has been).

The downside to online archives of pre-print articles.

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

A provision of the 14th Amendment to keep Civil War generals out of office is back in play.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

Apparently, New York and Oregon are not the same place.

Hesitancy is a complex phenomenon largely immune to facts.

Some stories of possible interest.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

We’re three short years from the next election.

An interesting argument, albeit about a tiny and vastly over-discussed segment.

It’s usually more effective to run for something rather than against someone.

The Politician’s Syllogism rears its ugly head.

It’s happening again. This time, it was easily preventable.

Mediocre legal education doesn’t pay.

The two-time Pulitzer winner is considering a career change.

Most aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

It’s not perfect but it beats our usual approach to picking winners and losers.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

A pandemic and the rise of Zoom meetings unleashed an academic theory into the wild.

The indicators are pointing in the direction of caffeine being good for most people.

Should he be worried about the appearance of partisan gaming?

If the younger generation seems to be maturing later, there are good reasons.