Outside the Beltway

We’re falling further behind for many reasons.

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

Why millenia-old concrete outlasts its modern version.

The soccer legend has passed at 82.

A legal but unsavory solution to a problem.

The corrupt leader is back for a sixth term.

Another frivolous suit making a mockery of the American tort system.

Putin provides an example for a Politics 101 class.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

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

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

Hopefully answering a reader question (but probably just making it all worse).

Has the Internet made us more selfish?

NATO has stepped up in a pleasantly surprising way to resist the Ukraine invasion.

Sanctions are already taking a toll. But the West could do more if it had the will.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

Drug smuggling edition.

The singer and actor, born Marvin Lee Aday, is gone at 74.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

The Politician’s Syllogism rears its ugly head.

And so general discussion of vaccine passports and requirements in the US.

A major first step to solving a longstanding global issue.

An all-time boxing legend is gone.

The Lone Star State is celebrating its independence in a big way.

The 97-year-old former Senator and Presidential candidate is ill.

Tunisia is freer but poorer than it was before Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate act.

The data on Sweden and Covid-19 don’t fit the media narrative.

Reminders from a perusal of the news.

A controversial monument in Little Italy has been destroyed.

Europe has the disease under control while it’s still spreading like wildfire here.

Not that one. The other one.

The architect of the plan admits he was wrong.

Two new studies bring more questions than answers.

Vastly more people died than needed to and the economy still crashed.

Contrary to some expectations, Americans are logging three extra hours of work a day.

A grim milestone.

A startling statistic.

Political considerations overruled warnings from national security and health professionals.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

On Tucker last night, Patrick made an odd appeal (to be kind).

The university is welcoming students back to campus, even as classes are going online.

Why South Korea is so far ahead of us in fighting COVID-19.

“The Daily” on Covid-19 and Italy.

Young people acting selfishly is a fact of life.

Too many people still don’t understand the idea behind ‘flattening the curve.’ That includes our President.

Conferences, sporting events, and even school has been canceled to avoid spreading the pandemic.

Donald Trump is once again trying to deflect reality.

Having failed to form governments after two successive elections, Israel is headed for a third election inside of a year.

Questions linger after a shooting leaves three people and the shooter dead in an incident at one of the nation’s largest Naval facilities.