Outside the Beltway

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

Because they’re indoctrinating the youth with their biased agendas and liberal, unfactual diastribes.

The public health community is divided on whether it’s a good idea.

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

A new way to think about the problem.

Outrage over the outrage is outrageous.

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

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

It turns out “the economy” isn’t just one thing.

A party invitation going terribly wrong.

On mandates and other miscellany.

J.D. Vance’s cynical suggestion.

Most aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

Put the frustration where it belongs.

The rate at which Americans are getting COVID shots is slowing rapidly.

What we know about those arrested for the 6 January insurrection.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

Another narrowly-crafted but overwhelming opinion from the Supreme Court.

Fulfilling a campaign promise and keeping the discussion alive.

Competing analogies and externalities.

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

What at first blush appears a case of hypocrisy and cancel culture is a violation of professional ethics.

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.

A story that is both unserious and yet emblematic of our age in a serious way.

Now, we’re just haggling over price.

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

Social media makes the line much harder to draw.

Another unassailable if boring cabinet choice.

A rather remarkable milestone in that it’s coming so late.

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

A book out today makes an odd case.

The policy was undeniably harmful and unconstitutional. Is it forgivable?

Amid protests over American airstrikes, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has become a target.

Lindsey Graham faces a potentially interesting challenge in his 2020 re-election bid.

New testimony from a former Trump adviser details how Rudy Giuliani was able to hijek American foreign policy.

With an eye on the trade war and the 2020 election, President Trump is increasing subsidies and mandates for corn-based ethanol.

The real crime is what’s legal.

While some Democrats are calling for the impeachment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Democrats on Capitol Hill aren’t nearly as eager to go down that road.

A new look at the allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh uncovers some new evidence.

An incident this week in Arkansas is just the latest example of a depressing and dangerous trend.

Billionaire Tom Steyer is apparently planning to enter the 2020 Democratic Presidential race.

Presidential v. parliamentary democracy, some basics.

A law review article written when the former was a student provides an interesting contrast.

Can the commander-in-chief’s tweets be unlawful command influence?

The Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the case of a Mississippi defendant whose trial was tainted by a prosecutor who routinely struck black jurors from the jury pool.

We’ve soon see whether the current Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade.

Stacey Abrams, best known for losing the race for Governor of Georgia in 2018, is still apparently thinking of getting in the race. Her chances seem slim at best.

US higher education is made up of far more than just the Ivies and other elite schools.

How finite is prestige?

Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are the most famous of dozens of rich folks trying to get their kids into elite schools.