Outside the Beltway

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

How much blame did the 70-year constitutional monarch share?

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

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

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

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

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

A group of extremists are stopped from instigating a riot.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

The legendary comic book artist is gone at 80.

We expect far more from the Oval Office than is reasonable.

The latest strategic moral panic from the far right

They’re not missing and that points to a systemic issue

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

When life doesn’t imitate art.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

An interesting argument, albeit about a tiny and vastly over-discussed segment.

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

A conversation in two parts.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

A piece in The Atlantic inspires thoughts.

Our brains are wired to seek approval but may not be equipped to handle our modern existence.

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

Discussing the filibuster.

The Watergate conspirator, author, and talk show host was 90.

America’s Newspaper of Record needs to figure out what it wants to be.

Specifically: the former confederacy and Democratic dominance.

The GOP will almost certainly survive. But in what form?

Granted, there are more than two. But from a political science/political history POV, these two stick out in my mind.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

At what point does a demonstration become something else?

A civil rights legend has passed.

Conspiracy theories are poisoning the United States. That’s no joke.

Dissenters to a denied emergency appeal argue it is.

The Country Music Hall of Famer is gone.

It creates a veto gate that they are almost guaranteed to control when they need it.

How to translate understandable frustration at injustice into tangible reform?

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

If the goal is to change politics, not just vent frustration, messaging is important.

The President is sending a terrible message.

The conversation continues. (Warning: it is over 3000 words).

CBS did a lousy job.

René Auberjonois, a long time character actor best known for his roles on Benson and Star Trek: Deep Space NIne, has died at 79.