Outside the Beltway

A country music icon is gone at 90.

Apparently, Charles III is quite well off.

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

Has the frustrating process of securing his vote taught Democrats anything?

A group of extremists are stopped from instigating a riot.

Supply chain disruptions are contributing to crisis for 300 million people.

Has the Internet made us more selfish?

The longest-serving Republican Senator has died at the age of 88.

An extraordinary example shines light on coercive factors that incentivize plea deals

The SAT is a poor measure of college aptitude but it’s better than most others.

Can the Misery Index be far behind?

The plural of anecdote is not data.

Since when is it a crime to say stupid things on “The View”?

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

Some pundits have high standards.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

Another example for the conversation.

The Democrats are apparently selling their omnibus spending package the wrong way.

The cost of raising a university’s profile.

The two-time Pulitzer winner is considering a career change.

A lottery brings out the worst in a small town.

Our love for cheap goods and services requires lots of people willing to work for very little.

Our junior enlisted members make far less than that.

Huge swaths of the country are underserved.

What constitutes a “low income” or “high income” country?

Bill Clinton’s strategist thinks his party needs a wake-up call.

Let’s call it what it is.

Are we thinking about job training all wrong?

Jimmy Carter’s Vice President and the 1984 Democratic nominee has died at 93.

An interesting but uneven debate.

We’re about to spend a whole lot more money.

A way-too-early assessment of how it’s going.

An opportunity for unity and a restoration of normal order.

The hidden wokeness of our new Critical Theory-loving President.

Biden’s America is a place and idea in which the trappings of empire or glory are ephemera in comparison with perennial human relationships—families; friendships; communities; schools; neighbors; partners.

Bringing sloppy to the outrageous.

Some recommended reading.

The pandemic is having serious effects in the region, and they will persist for some time.

The crowd for DC’s fireworks celebration was small but weird.

The regime’s crackdown on their Muslim minority is worse than imagined.

This isn’t likely to end any time soon.

Some informed speculation.

Or just a bump in the road?

A progressive idea that could win conservative support.

In recent weeks the US has ramped-up pressure on Maduro.

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.