Outside the Beltway

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are happy. But one man is.

A 5-4 ruling overturns a unanimous decision from 1985.

Who knew they got cell reception?

The personnel bureaucracy reinterpreted regulations.

We’re getting weird policies almost nobody is asking for.

A wildly ambitious goal.

It’s time to ban a growing and dangerous practice.

A sensible compromise on a controversial issue.

Legal analysts are skeptical.

A pending lawsuit seeks to settle those questions.

Safety, trade-offs, and risk assessment.

Some long-overdue safeguards are being implemented.

The Biden administration had little choice but to act.

The left and right are attacking basic rights. But not equally.

Should we expect privacy from our own cameras?

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is signaling an unfavorable ruling.

“The GOP” is not a singular unit.

A brief foray into looking at Alabama state policy on fighting addiction.

Affluence comes with a cost.

“Cooking with gas” could become a thing of the past. But it probably won’t.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

Should Secretary Pete have done more?

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

The response to extreme rhetoric from Trump is producing the some old responses.

Spoiler alert: the GOP has already failed this test multiple times.

The man is a dangerous nut.

The Attorney General can’t please everyone, so he’s got to please himself.

Traffic deaths are going down in most of the world. Not here.

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

Not everything is racially-motivated but most things have a disparate impact.

The company is begrudgingly complying with the EU’s requirement.

Touting the accomplishments of the last two years isn’t working.

While enormous, the commander-in-chief’s control over state secrets is not absolute.

Sigh.

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

The obstacles to fixing the problem are many.

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

Pointless change that will increase costs and create confusion.

The Biden administration’s mandate has been lifted immediately.

There are too many variables to make generalized calculations.

When procedures lead to more rejected ballots and fewer voters, what else is there to call it?

Elections have consequences: Old Dominion Edition

It doesn’t add up.

Two stories about our culture’s focus on punishment

The highest court in the land issued a split decision on President Biden’s COVID policy.

A lone judge has halted the military’s vaccine mandate.