Outside the Beltway

The policy was undeniably harmful and unconstitutional. Is it forgivable?

A legendary newsman has passed.

With Kamala Harris”s exit from the race, some are raising questions about why minority candidates have failed to break through in a party that has a very diverse base.

He raises a very real problem.

Twitter is banning all political advertising from its site. It is a largely meaningless decision, but it’s still a bad idea.

The President is tired of all the fake news.

The longtime anchor is leaving the network, ostensibly at his request.

The norms of social discourse are rapidly changing in the #MeToo era.

The past week has demonstrated more notably than any other that this President is not well.

We’re unlikely to see anyone like her again.

After falling for the second debate, ratings were back near record levels for the third debate.

One of the giants of the progressive blogosphere is going away.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed on with Fox News Channel to continue her career of lying on behalf of the President.

Jeffrey Epstein’s death by suicide has led to many legitimate questions that should be investigated. It has also led to the rise of a number of baseless conspiracy theories.

Everything you always wanted in a hearing. And less.

Anchoring of CBS Evening News is not what it used to be.

Should the pundit class look more like America?

America’s Newspaper of Record has decided the backlash isn’t worth it.

Thirty years ago, when the veterans of D-Day were still relatively young and still largely with us, President Reagan delivered one of the finest speeches of his Presidency.

Strong public records laws, not an excess of weirdness, has driven a sad meme.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been indicted on seventeen counts under the Espionage Act arising out of his role in the Chelsea Manning affair.

Gone are ‘climate change’ and ‘skeptic.’ In are ‘global heating’ and ‘denier.’

Passing up an opportunity that other Democrats are taking, Elizabeth Warren is declining to appear on Fox News Channel. This seems like an unwise decision.

A depressing day in the world of sports journalism.

Before we draw broad conclusions of the reporting on the report, don’t we need to see the report?

The business of the news is business–and it’s a weird business.

Labor law has not kept up with our changing economy.

The populist Democrat won’t be hosting fundraising dinners. Until the general election campaign, at least.

The end of racism may have been prematurely declared.

Gender bias is real. Most examples cited, though, aren’t.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won’t win, but he could still have an impact.

Is 50 percent too high a take? Or the best deal in town?

Two more defections from the stable of writers at RedState provide further proof of the extent to which conservative media has become a pro-Trump echo chamber.

In a rare public statement, the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is disputing reports that the President directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.

An argument against “bothersiderism” in this case and, yet again, noting the problem with single seat districts.

The continued problem cause by a lack of shared reality.

An effort by the Federal Government to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange raises serious First Amendment issues.

A Federal Judge in Washington ruled that the White House acted improperly when it arbitrary revoked CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass.

A filing in an unrelated case has apparently revealed the existence of a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

CNN fires back in the Administration’s ongoing war with the news media.

The military regime in Myanmar has sentenced two reporters to prison for reporting on the repression of the Rohingya Muslims.

Social media has altered the way writers and readers interact in odd ways.

Andy Bitter has taken a new job but his former employer thinks it owns his social media account.

The President is generating so much outrage on a daily basis that we’re missing important stories.

America promised immigrants who volunteered to serve in our military a fast track to citizenship. Now, we’re throwing them out.

Rebutting the President’s routine prevarications merely spreads them. Is there an alternative?

A new survey shows that Americans are increasingly unable to tell the difference between fact and opinion. That’s a problem.

A seemingly innocuous change to a newspaper style guide has some significant implications.

Political columnist and commentator Charles Krauthammer has weeks to live.

The rules of American journalism haven’t caught up with the reality of this Presidency.