Outside the Beltway

Cruel punishment is not unusual.

Could Thursday’s match-up shake up the race?

Does Nicholas Kristof make his case?

Why public attitudes are lagging real world performane.

Democratic strategists are complaining that Biden is being too honest.

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

An interesting analysis by The Economist.

As the Silents and Boomers die off, their assets will be redistributed.

A century-old cartel has been broken.

The S&P and Nikkei are at all-time highs. Economists warn that it won’t last.

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

If we’re even bowling at all.

Will wonders never cease?

The switch still doesn’t make sense for most Americans.

The 9th Circuit says it is, at least under some circumstances.

Economic Chart Edition.

A small but positive step.

Billions for a wall plus a likely showdown with the feds.

A television icon is gone at 101.

Prices are way up, even though the CPI is back under control.

A second Republican Speaker has reached across the aisle to avert a government shutdown.

An extraordinary look into warning civilians about impending attacks.

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

Looking ahead to November 5, 2024

Xi’s government is taking a drastically different approach to the slowdown.

West Virginia University may be the canary in the coal mine.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

A quick follow-up to a previous post.

The justices declined to review a bizarre 4th Circuit decision.

Should we reform the way we train a high-tech workforce?

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

They join DC and San Francisco.

Striking the balance between cruel and misleading.

The questionable ethics of living a lavish lifestyle based on high office.

A key pathway to success for low-income citizens isn’t working.

Cities are lowering or doing away with longstanding requirements to provide spaces.

People are leaving our cities for the suburbs. But not on an equal basis.

A seemingly benign but controversial gesture.

Affluence comes with a cost.

A lot of huge investments have failed for a variety of reasons.

Eric Adams is begging for the Federal Government for relief.

The one-time Juiceboxer is still annoying the mainstream media.

A new Census definition has changed classifications slightly. It doesn’t go nearly far enough.

Cities across the United States are taking the wrong approach to a crisis.

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

That time the Nazis made a movie about the Titanic.

Prices are coming down but they’re way higher than they were.

They’re all made out of ticky tacky. And they all look just the same

Localities are consolidating local elections to coincide with national ones. Some don’t like that.