Outside the Beltway

Discrimination? Issues? Incumbency?

The attack at the Pelosi house should surprise no one.

A revealing comparison of Republican districts that deny and don’t deny the 2020 outcome.

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

It goes deeper than base names.

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

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

The intersection of politics, morality, and meaning.

What we believe and what we say we believe are often not the same.

A major milestone has been reached.

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

The symbolic vote attracted a handful of Republican votes.

Sometimes people just change jobs.

Ruy Teixeira finds that Hispanics aren’t yet woke.

Assuming they had the votes, should Democrats carve out yet another exception?

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

You-VAL-dee? You-VAHL-day? Oo-VAHL-deh?

There’s much more to the story than meets the eye.

Who gets to claim Latino heritage?

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

A long-overdue milestone has been reached.

There are many barriers to true freedom.

The legendary comic book artist is gone at 80.

The SAT is a poor measure of college aptitude but it’s better than most others.

A Black columnist argues that Will Smith set back a whole race.

A post that’s only tangentially related to cancel culture.

If this is the best they have, they don’t have a lot

Thomas gets the ball rolling, and I take off from there.

The Commonwealth’s undemocratic political system is, shockingly, unrepresentative of the will of its people.

Surprisingly, yes.

His attacks are, in fact, the best case for tenure.

Musings about US politics and culture.

A too-small step in the right direction.

Since when is it a crime to say stupid things on “The View”?

People, details do in fact matter!

When “obviously qualified” apparently isn’t enough

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

The safety gap between affluent, white and poor, minority communities has grown over the last three decades.

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

When life doesn’t imitate art.

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

Two controversial monuments are gone.

Our reactions to recent murder trials tells us a lot about our divided country.

A just verdict—but just a verdict.

The average American is neither progressive nor all that interested in politics.

A weird new narrative has emerged.

Another example for the conversation.

Mayor Pete is being mocked for telling obvious truths.

It’s usually more effective to run for something rather than against someone.