Outside the Beltway

The process is much more stage managed than advertised.

Who should pay whom for what?

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

The longtime journalist is gone at 100.

The trailblazing television interviewer is gone at 93.

Should Secretary Pete have done more?

We charge patients way more than other counties.

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

Two stories about our culture’s focus on punishment

Kids are getting caught in the crossfire of the fight over COVID shots.

The Internets are terrible.

Journalism is terrible except when compared to the alternatives.

Science and insanity don’t mix.

The veteran character actor has died of cancer at 66.

It appears that normal safeguards were ignored, leading to disaster on the set.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

Stories of potential interest.

Really, they owed (and still owe) us better behavior.

It is closer than Newsom might want, but the numbers are favorable to him.

The system is not defensible.

A new poll show a very close race.

It’s not getting any better, folks.

There’s got to be a better way.

An internal review is calling for America’s business paper to diversify its appeal.

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

The case of Katie Porter’s committee assignments.

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

Could the Vice President end the filibuster herself?

Fox Business has abruptly sidelined its most popular host.

Not.

News from California.

The expectations game will be especially tricky this year.

A column is getting negative attention for all the wrong reasons

A mixed ruling: New York wins, Congress loses–but no release before the election.

A marked rise in shooting deaths is going largely unnoticed.

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

In recent weeks the US has ramped-up pressure on Maduro.

The Attorney General claims to be frustrated by Presidential tweets that undermine his department.

Biden’s support is in decline. But it’s not clear that Buttigieg is getting an Iowa bounce.

Surprising news from an unsurprising process.

Rules for covering the Senate trial highlight changes in how we get the news.

Next week’s Democratic debate could have as few as five candidates.

If your case needs a 9/11 boost, perhaps your case is weak.

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

A much smaller debate stage led to a much better debate last night.

Barely in office a year, California Congresswoman Katie Hill has been forced to resign in the face of inappropriate contact with a staff member and a campaign worker.

Trying to nail down some basics about a very complicated situation.

Even as the impeachment vultures circle, the President is lashing out and making things more difficult for himself.

The President’s initial reaction to the release of the whistleblower complaint is about what you’d expect from a petty dictator.