Outside the Beltway

A pending Supreme Court ruling could be more impactful than many realize.

Discrimination? Issues? Incumbency?

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

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

The iconic basketball player, coach, and civil rights leader is gone at 88.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

The longstanding celebration that become a national holiday last year is being exploited for profit!

Who gets to claim Latino heritage?

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

Has a franchise that’s always been political gone too far?

There are many barriers to true freedom.

With choices like these it’s easy to understand why people take plea deals

A favorite anecdote from Robert Caro’s first masterpiece is likely untrue.

A piece in The Atlantic inspires thoughts.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

Legislatures and school boards politicize what our kids are taught.

Another example of structural racism.

You know, some light weekend thoughts.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

The latest bogey man is likely not well understood.

Let’s call it what it is.

It’s not just Red states that put up too many barriers.

And, really, all of this current wave of election legislation.

Hammerin’ Hank is gone.

A parting shot from the Trump administration.

Not of governance.

There are different, and not equally good, reasons to talk about labels.

A civil rights legend has passed.

The Magnolia State is the last in the nation to have the stars and bars on its state banner.

1619, Episode Three

The evidence is clear. Injustice feeds rage and rage sometimes boils over.

If the goal is to change politics, not just vent frustration, messaging is important.

Four highly-qualified (and two less-qualified) women ran and lost in 2020.

With her eyes on her political future in a GOP dominated by Trumpism, Nikki Haley is attempting to rewrite the history of one of the most significant events of her time as Governor of South Carolina.

A new poll has a majority of respondents saying the President is a racist. He won’t care.

Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail last night with another one of his red meat speeches. The analogies it causes one to draw are chilling to say the least.

Republican Bill Lee is coming under fire for continuing an annual tradition.

A law review article written when the former was a student provides an interesting contrast.

In the spirit of the holiday, it’s time to eat to excess, drink adult beverages, and blow stuff up..

The ex-athlete has picked a bizarre target.

A new racist meme questioning Kamala Harris’s background is circulating on the Internet.

Congress is considering a bill that would establish a commission to examine the issue of reparations for slavery.;

The original ‘scandal’ was silly. The follow-up is sillier.

Northern Virginia is slowly undoing an anachronism.

Last November the state voted overwhelming to amend its constitution. The lawmakers they elected at the same time are sabotaging it.

A reading recommendation.

National and Virginia Democratic officials are calling on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign over racist photos in his 1984 medical school yearbook.

Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has made several mistakes since Election Day, but she’s likely to win tomorrow’s runoff election.

Yes, it’s still okay to celebrate America.

Contrary to what many people have claimed, the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Hawaii did not overturn one of the most controversial decisions in its history.