Outside the Beltway

New York Times columnists are not a representative sample.

Discussing the filibuster.

That escalated quickly.

It passed the Senate unanimously.

And linkages to broader US politics.

You know, some light weekend thoughts.

A truly bizarre controversy at Chapel Hill.

The latest bogey man is likely not well understood.

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

AOC v. MTG: one of these things is not like the other.

Large chunks of a hackish report were lifted from previous works of Commission members.

A parting shot from the Trump administration.

Disconnected representation in action.

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

Great journalism can result in lousy history.

If we embrace the Founders to justify the present, let’s think about what we are doing.

I couldn’t help myself.

Having failed to prevent or contain it, aggressive stupidity is now washing over us.

General Milley speaks an obvious truth. Will apologists listen?

What has the Supreme Court wrought?

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

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

An accomplished racist will no longer be honored by the university.

The evolution of America’s racial language continues.

1619, Episode Three

A brand dating back to 1889 is being retired.

The state of American debate is not strong.

The evidence is clear. Injustice feeds rage and rage sometimes boils over.

Sigh.

A disgraced governor is signing a wave of progressive legislation

The wrong people are choosing the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.

A long overdue correction.

Continuing a discuss from below.

With her eyes on her political future in a GOP dominated by Trumpism, Nikki Haley is attempting to rewrite the history of one of the most significant events of her time as Governor of South Carolina.

Much like it did during the McCarthy Era, the Republican Party has to decide what side of history it wishes to be on. The right side, or the wrong side.

Is social media making it harder for Democrats to nominate a winning candidate?

In this case, Rich Lowry’s.

Is the left unwittingly fueling a reactionary moment?

In contrast to the idea of granting statehood to the District of Columbia, the American public appears to strongly support statehood for Puerto RIco.

The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.

The ex-athlete has picked a bizarre target.

A new racist meme questioning Kamala Harris’s background is circulating on the Internet.

Congress is considering a bill that would establish a commission to examine the issue of reparations for slavery.;

Amusing results, and a history lesson, in a new poll

Northern Virginia is slowly undoing an anachronism.

A law professor asks some interesting questions, but ultimately not the right ones.

Despite the obvious connection with the university’s namesake, the word does have other connotations.

More turmoil in the UNC athletic program threatens Carolina’s academic standing.

Sanders’ suggestion is not as outside democratic norms as one might think.

Princeton historian Sean Wilentz lays to rest a pernicious idea propagated by . . . Princeton historian Sean Wilentz.