Outside the Beltway

A former dissertation advisor and two Army War College professors are speaking out against the gubernatorial candidate.

It goes deeper than base names.

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

The 6-3 ruling broke down on predictable lines.

A decades-long decline has ended.

An ugly divorce exposes a gap in our legal structure.

The craziest damn thing you’ve ever heard of or a secret message to the crazies?

Oklahoma’s near-total ban is part of a larger trend.

Every now and again, it’s not Mitch McConnell’s fault.

The next boot has dropped.

The politicization of the virus continues.

Officers are under enormous pressure–including from the Federal government–to write tickets.

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

A new story archetype is all too common.

Part of the ongoing, slow-motion tragedy.

Texas and Oklahoma have reopened Pandora’s Box.

It’s not getting any better, folks.

Most NCAA restrictions violate anti-trust law.

The inevitable is now very much in progress.

Here we go again.

Many states are moving to a first come, first served basis for COVID shots.

The author of “Lonesome Dove,” “Terms of Endearment,” and so many more great novels is gone at 84.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

The man most famous for getting screwed out of a Supreme Court seat has a more interesting backstory.

There’s a word for people who use outrageous violence to terrorize.

Steve Sarkisian joins a frustrating trend.

Too little, too late.

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

A mind-boggling statistic.

Her Democratic opponent has conceded.

The Army is finally getting its World War II uniforms, one base at a time.

Injecting data into the conversation.

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

The President has hit rock bottom.

The one-time candidate for the GOP presidential nomination is dead at 74.

Shame on him for defending authoritarian actions.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

What has the Supreme Court wrought?

Congress forgot to disestablish a Creek Reservation created by treaty in 1833 and 1856 when it made Oklahoma a state in 1909.

A result of the Trump rally?

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

Something significant was going to happen to Tulsa. Who could have predicted a genre shift?

The President gave a delusional rant to a half-empty stadium thanks to some crazy kids.

Likely the right outcome but I wish I political motivation weren’t the default presumption.

A progressive idea that could win conservative support.

The 1990s country star is dead at 61.

Richard Burr, Jim Inhofe, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler should go to jail.

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos alone have lost $15 billion in net worth since January.