Outside the Beltway

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.

It goes deeper than base names.

President Biden had a meeting with some historians. The horrors.

A repeat of 1860 can’t happen. But something even worse could.

As more details emerge about the documents he stole, defenders are falling away.

What we believe and what we say we believe are often not the same.

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

She’ll almost certainly be out of a job in January. Then what?

Joe Manchin has come around on a pared back BBB, surprising just about everyone.

A proposal by Jamell Bouie

The symbolic vote attracted a handful of Republican votes.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

One of these things is not like the other.

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

Here we go again . . . .

Abortion is now illegal or heavily restricted in at least 11 states.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

Pay no attention to the endorsement behind the candidate.

A group of extremists are stopped from instigating a riot.

The obstacles to fixing the problem are many.

Some great suggestions, same lame ones, and some missed opportunities.

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

At least not right away. But it’s quite possible by 2040.

There are many barriers to true freedom.

When doing the right thing is the wrong thing.

Has the Internet made us more selfish?

The numbers don’t match the perception.

An odd kerfuffle in local education politics.

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

The real crime is what’s legal.

A key planner of the Capitol riot has agreed to testify against others in exchange for a lighter sentence.

Democrats want the DOJ to act more quickly.

The most important man in the Senate got rich the old fashioned way.

The service is taking a big risk but not without much discussion.

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.

Parents of disabled kids have successfully sued to mandate masks in schools.

Because of course it was.

Yet another case where good politics yields bad policy.

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

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

Most of us have suddenly gone from High to Low risk communities.

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

The Commonwealth’s undemocratic political system is, shockingly, unrepresentative of the will of its people.

Even liberal states like California and Massachusetts are moving on.

The veteran journalist and Fox News original is gone at 75.