Outside the Beltway

A slim majority upheld an injunction, kicking the can down the road.

It doesn’t appear the Uvalde TX police were underfunded

An ugly divorce exposes a gap in our legal structure.

The combination of a horrendous rollout and a social media onslaught was disastrous.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

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

A brief obeservation.

An odd kerfuffle in local education politics.

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

Two hundred-odd people have pled or been found guilty. One has been acquitted.

Is the creepy comic’s comeback complete?

Unlimited dialog makes conversations harder.

Beyond who her spouse is, the texts to Meadows reveal a deeply concerning situation.

A Supreme Court Justice’s wife urged the White House and Congressional Republicans to steal the 2020 election.

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

Generalities about an elusive and controversial phenomenon are unhelpful.

The longtime NFL reporter is gone at 67.

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

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

With masks off, political leaders are urging people to get out there and spend money.

A remarkable display of blaming the victim (by the victimizer).

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

The American President is once again leading the free world.

Pundits like Thomas Friedman struggle with premature prognostication.

Some of our citizens are at greater risk under relaxed mask guidelines.

NATO has stepped up in a pleasantly surprising way to resist the Ukraine invasion.

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

Right wing protestors are expected to attempt to create (more) gridlock in the capitol later today.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

Because of course he did.

What if the “fake news” is really fake news?

Musings about US politics and culture.

Did you know that the elephant population has tripled over the last six months?

DC’s NFL franchise finally has a new name.

The American way of war kills a lot of noncombatants.

A ginned up controversy regarding a border nature reserve has escalated.

People, details do in fact matter!

Let’s not start celebrating just yet.

A year after the Capitol riot, DOJ is coming after the most violent perpetrators.

An irresponsible Trump-era practice continues.

Apple’s iMessages and teen chic.

Are Fauci, the CDC, and others getting a bum rap?

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

A roundup of reflection on a somber anniversary.

People failing to treat emergencies as emergencies make matters worse.

The head of the House investigatory committee seems to think so.

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

A media critic argues we pay outsized attention to the goings-on at Fox, MSNBC, and CNN.