Outside the Beltway

Tunisia is freer but poorer than it was before Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate act.

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

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

The reporting demonstrates the uncomfortable truth.

The pandemic is highlighting an international shame.

Some global comparisons.

Despite our poor showing against COVID-19, we have the best infrastructure in place.

As if the country needed more turmoil.

Several trends are pointing in a new direction.

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

Chick-Fil-A is ending its charitable giving to organizations that oppose LGBT rights, and conservatives are predictably freaking out.

Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party is helping out Boris Johnson’s Tories. Sort of.

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the NATO alliance is suffering brain death due to President Trump’s neglect and lack of leadership.

After more than a year of Trump’s trade war, the trade deficit, which he promised to reduce, has increased.

Brexit seems like it’s inevitable at this point, and that could set in motion a series of events that would mean the end of the United Kingdom.

The economy grew an anemic 1.9% in the third quarter according to the first estimate of the state of the economy over the summer.

Justin Trudeau lost his majority but will still hold on to power in Canada, the question is how long it will last.

It’s Election Day in Canada and the outcome is far from certain.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, already facing a rough re-election battle is now dealing with a blackface controversy.

Canada is headed for a new election at the end of October as Justin Trudeau finds his government daling with a scandal.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has found the terrorist watch list unconstitutional.

President Trump’s newest tariffs went into effect over the weekend. They’re going to hurt.

Iowa Congressman Steve King finds himself low on campaign cash and with virtually no support from his party.

We may have the first known case of a crime committed in space.

Once again, President Trump is doing Vladimir Putin’s bidding.

This timeline is just so weird.

Congressman Steve King has some rather unique views about human history.

Donald Trump is a complete package, you can’t support part of it without at least implicitly endorsing all of it.

Canada must have a Federal Election by late October, and the polls are showing that Prime Minister Trudeau could be in political trouble.

President Trump and the Republican Senate rewarded a top Republican donor with a prized diplomatic appointment.

The first night of the second Democratic debate consisted largely of clashes between the party’s progressive wing and more moderate elements.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t very impressed by the proposals made by several liberal politicians lately to increase the size of the Supreme Court to counterbalance the conservative tilt created by the Gorsuch and Kavanaugh confirmations.

There’s an inherent tension in our national ethos.

Last night New York City experienced what turned out to be a short-lived blackout mostly limited to Manhattan’s West Side, but it brought back memories of much bigger events.

The U.S. Women’s National Team won their second consecutive World Cup, their fourth overall, in a 2-0 win over The Netherlands.

The latest is about deportations

The costs to the American economy of President Trump’s ill-advised trade war continue to add up.

The planes were apparently in the air, and the ships in position, for an American attack on Iran last night. Then the order to pull back came in.

While the world is largely focused on the much larger trade war with China, the United States is engaged in a similar battle with a nation that ought to be a natural ally.

How much sacrifice in our consumer culture is it worth to save the planet?

President Trump’s tariffs are having a noticeable, and negative, impact on global economies. The President doesn’t seem to care.

The United States and Mexico reached a last-minute deal to avert tariffs that would have gone into effect on Monday. Whether the deal accomplishes anything substantive remains to be seen.

The GOP Senators standing up against the President’s tariffs on Mexico are being called courageous. I’m wondering what took them so long to stand up.

Seventy-five years ago today, American soldiers and our allies undertook an invasion that helped change the world.

The last of the World War II code talkers from the Mohawk tribe has passed away at the age of 94

The President’s foolish tariffs against Mexico are finally causing many Republican Senators to stand up against him.

Hours before departing the United States for a pomp and circumstance filled State Visit to the United Kingdom, President Trump sticks his foot in his mouth.

It’s been just about fifteen months since President Trump imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. Not surprisingly, those tariffs have not had the effect the President claimed they would.

Last night, President Trump announced a new round of tariffs against Mexico for reasons that have nothing to do with trade itself.