Outside the Beltway

The inevitable happened, as extremist organizations descended on DC.

A lame duck President has fired his Secretary of Defense and replaced him in probably violation of the law.

Look, either you believe in democracy or you don’t.

Just when you thought the 2020 campaign couldn’t go any lower.

They are standing by as ordered.

A national nightmare that may not have changed many minds.

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

A new poll shows meaningful shifts in public attitudes.

The latest FNC poll has more good news for Biden.

New numbers show more consistency.

The politics of protests.

We’re winding down to Election Day. Where do we stand?

The pandemic is having serious effects in the region, and they will persist for some time.

The convergence of design flaws in the constitution and a flawed leader have brought us to brink of an electoral crisis.

Preying on the fears of old white people is good business.

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

The President has hit rock bottom.

Yet another incumbent has lost his primary contest.

Framing matters.

The rules are different if you’re famous.

The reporting demonstrates the uncomfortable truth.

We were much slower and have higher non-conformity than countries that have it under control.

The ‘outside agitators’ trope strikes again.

Black football players at Iowa complain they were treated differently—and also the same.

Shame on him for defending authoritarian actions.

The similarities are obvious. The differences are more important.

A thought experiment on what we have seen in Portland.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

Cops aren’t soldiers or spies but fellow citizens.

Pentagon officials are speaking out about the militarization of police.

At what point does a demonstration become something else?

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

A civil rights legend has passed.

Telecommuting has taken a bite out of an industry built on commuting.

“Redskins” no more.

A result of the Trump rally?

A researcher has documented 66 separate incidents since May 27.

Free speech is not for everyone.

A marked rise in shooting deaths is going largely unnoticed.

The crowd for DC’s fireworks celebration was small but weird.

A controversial monument in Little Italy has been destroyed.

The President is desperate and unwell and the press is making no bones about it.

Red lives matter.

I don’t see it.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing” will reportedly precede the “Star-Spangled Banner” in the opening week.

Contra the CDC, the AAP says getting kids to class outweighs the modest risk of their catching COVID-19.

This St. Louis couple neatly summarizes what’s wrong with America.

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

An ad boycott has the Facebook co-founder down to his last $82.3 billion.