Outside the Beltway

Leading candidate for Republican nomination deploys eliminationist rhetoric in Veteran’s Day speech.

Can’t a pundit fantasize about an alternative to the two major parties?

…and the perceptions thereof.

We shouldn’t be surprised that Americans have noticed their grocery bill.

“Afloat”

More on an ongoing saga.

A likely lost seat for Democrats in 2024.

And, not surprisingly, about parties.

An extraordinary look into warning civilians about impending attacks.

House Republicans still can’t get out of their own way.

Let the punditry begin.

Abortion, an unrepresentative electorate, and candidate idiosyncracy ruled the off-off-year election.

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

Survey research is not without flaws. But we dismiss it at our peril.

The laws of armed conflict aren’t designed for this war.

Looking ahead to November 5, 2024

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

Feel free to bitch about switching the clocks. Or other stuff.

Why is the Senate pretending to do that which it can’t possibly do?

Hamas continues to cynically manipulate the world’s humanitarian impulses.

We finally have a Chief of Naval Operations but the crisis in the top ranks continues.

“Boston Bridge”

When the intellectually correct answer isn’t politically possible.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

The innumeracy hurts.

Muddled reporting of a messy situation.

We can all agree that Trump and Biden are over the line. But where is it?

Paris is fighting a losing battle over the prominence of their language.

Trump is making verbal gaffes while making fun of Biden’s verbal gaffes.

Fading into the background is the appropriate end to his dance with MAGA.

A poll on Israeli support.

The actor best known for his role in “Friends” is gone at 54.

The fourth place candidate for second place in the Republican primaries has taken his ball and gone home to Mother.

Where religious zealotry can lead. (So, yes, a digression into American politics).

What comes next is anyone’s guess.