Outside the Beltway

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

An idea, not a continent.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

Americans have taken the dominance of the Women’s National Team for granted.

Our car culture is killing us.

An object lesson on the challenges of alliance politics.

We charge patients way more than other counties.

The Attorney General can’t please everyone, so he’s got to please himself.

Hopefully answering a reader question (but probably just making it all worse).

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

News and commentary of note.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

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

Is shunning those without college degrees the last acceptable prejudice?

Two new studies bring more questions than answers.

The counting methodology is flawed and that’s assuming honest reporting.

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

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

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

The victory of the U.S. Women’s team in the World Cup has renewed a long-standing argument over pay equity, but the issue is far more complicated than it seems.

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

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

The transatlantic rejection of elite consensus that began with Brexit continues.

Bernie Sanders and other advocates focus on insurance companies and drug companies. But that’s not where the money is.

Steve King, who has recently come under attack for a long history of racist remarks, is facing a strong challenge for the GOP nomination in 2020.

Steve King isn’t backing down from his history of white supremacy and racism. And he’s also running for re-election.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

The House GOP has moved to rebuke Iowa Congressman for his racist remarks. What took them so long?

Iowa’s Steve King has long expressed anti-immigrant and racist views, now he’s asking why that’s a bad thing.

The European Union has approved the final Brexit deal negotiated with Theresa May’s government, but the final chapter has yet to be written.

One hundred years after the end of World War One, the forces that led to it are waking up from a long slumber.

The current discussion about SCOTUS is a good excuse to look at how other countries handle these things.

Tomorrow, Irish voters will head to the polls to decide whether or not to scrap a Constitutional Amendment that bans abortion in essentially all circumstances.

Seven years after deactivation, the U.S. Second Fleet will be patrolling the North Atlantic again.

The President’s new attempt to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military is as legally defective as the original ban was.

The Defense Department will reportedly recommend to President Trump that transgender members of the service currently serving in the military be allowed to continue serving.

After a long wait, gays and lesbians in Australia have achieved marriage equality.

Since taking office, President Trump has made an average of 5.5 false claims per day.

The Trump Administration has reportedly finalized its order to the Defense Department regarding a ban on military service by transgender soldiers.

Just about two weeks after being announced, the President’s proposed ban on military service by transgender troops is being challenged in Court.

A step backward on civil rights from a President who claimed he would be a friend to the LGBT community.

The political party formed by French President Emmanuel Macron just about a year ago scored big wins in yesterday’s first round of legislative elections.

Everywhere one turns, it seems, there’s Russia.

Centrist candidate Emmanuelle Macron scored a decisive win over the far-right Marine Le Pen in today’s runoff round of the French Presidential election.

Travel industry experts are reporting a noticeable drop in international travel and tourism since Donald Trump was elected President.

Canada is phasing out coal as a source of electricity production by 2030. The same thing will happen in the United States no matter how much politicians try to stop it.

Political change coming to Germany? Or more of the same.