Outside the Beltway

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

And illustrations of the fact that this isn’t a regular trial.

Its founders are laughing all the way to the bank.

Most agree that it was good theater. But it’s not clear what they’ve proven.

Specifically: the former confederacy and Democratic dominance.

Not.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

It is not a tool to foster compromise. It is tool of obstruction, plain and simple.

Voting ourselves out of this mess is not so easy

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

The pivot point in the impeachment charges: two hours of silence.

A legally correct but maddening ruling.

Policy wonks are seeing a refreshing return to the normal order. Some believe that’s a bad thing.

David Brooks is the leader in the clubhouse.

History has been made in more than one way.

What we have here is failure to communicate.

Mike Lindell’s behavior is both farcical and dangerous.

His column for The Hill feels more like concern trolling than anything else.

Does online performance logically devolve into rage and violence?

A one-time denizen of Blogger’s Row at CPAC has come a long way.

So. Much. Winning.

“Trump is a failed leader.”

Amazon is using its dominant position to shut down a right-wing social platform.

Trump is careless with his words and extremists respond.

As we assess Trump’s role in all of this, it is important to think through what he did (and did not) do.

Hashtag: You’re Fired.

Trump’s lack of fealty to truth and reality gives supporters an out (if they choose it).

It’s finally officially official.

The predictable, indeed inevitable, has happened.

The absurd notion that the President of Senate is the arbiter and judge of the electoral vote.

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

Our cultural divide over the pandemic is turning us into worse people.

Trump brags about being the “most admired” and provides yet another example of poor understanding of data.

An exploding RV did substantial property damage but caused only minor injuries to bystanders.

Space Force took a year to decide what to call their uniformed members.

The junior Senator from Kentucky is drawing a lot of attention to himself on “fraud.”

He wanted a cabinet post. And this is a cabinet post.

One member of the Grand Old Party has had it.

A silly, sexist WSJ op-ed has generated plenty of attention.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

A sad and disturbing report from a reliable source.

Music legend John Lennon’s life was cut tragically short four decades ago.

Not of governance.

That which worked for petty business disputes was never going to work on this big of a stage.

That thing that happens when you sow the wind with conspiracy theories.

A shadowy flight into the realm of evidence that does not exist.

Arguments and analyses that are, well, turkeys.

That’s unpossible!