Outside the Beltway

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

It’s becoming just another day off work!

Out Trumping Trump is possible because of Trump.

Car manufacturers are slowly removing an old format.

The “We Were Soldiers Once” author and his wife have been honored.

The New York Times looks into ties between a DC area law school and the Supreme Court.

Turns out that costing your employer nearly a billion dollars isn’t good for your career.

We’re getting weird policies almost nobody is asking for.

It’s time for her to step down.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles sparks a thought.

An outrageous political stunt.

It’s time to ban a growing and dangerous practice.

The questionable ethics of living a lavish lifestyle based on high office.

When winning is the only acceptable outcome.

A key pathway to success for low-income citizens isn’t working.

Partisans gonna partisan.

Donald Trump is apparently not the only one with a fetish for war criminals.

Some disturbing symbolism.

The huckster is exploiting bankruptcy laws and the financial regulations to circumvent court judgments.

The left and right are attacking basic rights. But not equally.

“Classical liberals” really need to rediscover self examination

Because I actually think its important.

Old men still bitter about where they went to college.

Culling for the primary feeder job in American legal system begins in high school.

The infuriating fight to authorize spending already-allocated money is back.

Eric Adams is begging for the Federal Government for relief.

Open access to party labels has consequences.

The one-time Juiceboxer is still annoying the mainstream media.

Latin America’s answer to Donald Trump has his own insurrection attempt.

After 15 votes and innumerable concessions, Kevin McCarthy is nominally in charge of the House of Representatives.

The anti-McCarthy holdouts have no end game.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

It’s the spirit of the season.

Republicans are dying at a much higher rate than Democrats.

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

Electoral Count Act reforms are “hidden” in the bipartisan budget bill.

House Democrats are releasing them because they can.

It would be an abuse of power.

There are at most eight toss-up states for the 2024 Presidential election.

Contrary to a Politico headline, the GOP response to Trump’s anti-constitution talk continues to underwhelm.

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.

A memory of pop culture and its linkage to broader myths about America.

Congress is poised to legislate protections previously mandated by the courts.

New details are emerging about possible motivations.

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.