Outside the Beltway

Voters in Mexico, India, and South Africa are making their voices heard.

A beach home and “An Appeal to Heaven”

A shocking development amidst regional turmoil.

Two related questions.

Suddenly, old voters are aligning Democrat and young ones Republican.

Another escalation in the longstanding “shadow war.”

The book spawned a cottage industry. But did it change the study of economics?

A century-old cartel has been broken.

If we’re even bowling at all.

Why can’t some of us handle the truth?

A short-term win for creatives and a longer-term loss?

The Adobe cofounder who revolutionized printing is gone at 82.

West Virginia University may be the canary in the coal mine.

The current business model is collapsing. It’s about time.

Americans have taken the dominance of the Women’s National Team for granted.

On Florida’s updated standards regarding slavery.

Absolutely something!

Decades of innovation may be coming to fruition.

Politicians and other thought leaders are playing with fire.

Some predict a fundamental restructuring of the economy.

A pending lawsuit seeks to settle those questions.

A legendary guitarist is gone at 78.

The Robespierres in the House of Representatives are driving American politics in a predictably horrible direction.

A 34-year CIA officer’s thoughts.

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

A reminder of how things (specifically the party system as a whole) have changed.

Looking at past Senate elections and some more thoughts on historical patterns.

Do last year’s words belong to last year’s language?

And a reminder of the role of political parties.

Jim VandeHei and company have put out a new style guide.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

A great American author is gone at 89.

New evidence gets us a wee bit closer to a smoking gun.

Who should have the final say on the law of the land?

The Proud Boys, Trump family, and Alex Jones all filmed documentaries of their actions leading up to January 6.

His 95-year-old mom is still Queen but has handed off many of her duties.

A former Virginia police officer has been found guilty, partly on the testimony of a former colleague.

Putin must be worrying about losing what little empire he has built.

Is the past still the past?

The downside to online archives of pre-print articles.

When “obviously qualified” apparently isn’t enough

SLT guests on Peaceful Political Revolution in America to talk American democracy.

Arend Lijphart on the “Peaceful Political Revolution in America” podcast.

Russia’s leader sees the situation in the former Soviet Republic quite differently than the West.

Senator Romney and the latest edition of the senatorial pro-filibuster op/ed.

The enigmatic Senator is a world-class attention seeker.

The equivalent of Pennsylvania’s entire labor force is sitting on the sidelines.

A party invitation going terribly wrong.