Outside the Beltway

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

An appropriate step.

President Biden has ended a months-long impasse.

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

Every once in a blue moon, a glimpse of humanity can be seen.

The controversies over our geriatric Congress continue.

A Hollywood star is gone at 82.

It turns out that the candy flavored booze at the grocery store isn’t even bourbon.

Just like Trump’s except for every important detail.

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

We can’t find enough people to treat cows, pigs, and horses.

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

Boosting weak candidates in the Republican primaries paid off.

Would bypassing politicians altogether make the system more just?

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

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

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

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

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

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban may or may not be back in effect.

A decades-long decline has ended.

It’s Manchin-approved.

The Kenosha Police Department is still holding his weapon, clothing, and other property for no apparent reason.

A necessary but likely irrelevant gesture.

The governor of Texas vows to finish what Trump started.

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

Democrats and Republicans are playing by different rules.

They’re searching for good times. But just wait and see.

Representatives Choosing Their Voters Rather than Vice Versa, Chapter 412.

The erosion of representativeness continues.

A contrast in styles.

The expected has occurred.

Pretrial rulings strengthen his self-defense claims.

Voters are suppose to choose elected officials, not the other way around.

Short-term politics and long-term harm.

The long shift of population from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt continues—with the unusual exception of California.

Appoint more Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Or else!

The disgraced loser remains as popular as ever with his base.

House Democrats have done what their Republican colleagues refused to do.

Biden’s America is a place and idea in which the trappings of empire or glory are ephemera in comparison with perennial human relationships—families; friendships; communities; schools; neighbors; partners.

The President of the United States is a national security threat. Can we get rid of him now?

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

Who’s to blame for the Blue Wave not materializing?

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

Injecting data into the conversation.