Outside the Beltway

Sowing doubt in the absence of evidence is corrosive.

Has it really only been a week?

A tale so bizarre it is hard to believe it is real.

A lame duck President has fired his Secretary of Defense and replaced him in probably violation of the law.

A nonpartisan official is refusing to do her duty.

A mind-boggling statistic.

The longtime host of Jeopardy! is gone.

While many are congratulating President-Elect Biden, too many are still following a loser.

How the EC affects our thinking.

Looking back on the last three decades of presidential elections. (Part 1: the popular vote).

Donald Trump is in a category by himself.

A quadrennial tradition.

The press’ abandonment of Bothsiderism is decades overdue.

A rather remarkable milestone in that it’s coming so late.

Governing without Congress has its price.

“Now this campaign is over, what is the will of the people? What is our mandate?”

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

The requirements for voting in the Peach State appear loose.

A reminder that narratives are narratives and data are data.

We have a President-Elect.

Some good news for our democracy.

It’s getting worse, not better.

Hopefully, we can finally declare a President-Elect today.

The early reaction was premature.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

Who’s to blame for the Blue Wave not materializing?

Look, either you believe in democracy or you don’t.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

Why it’s all over but the crying.

He needs one more state to hit the magic 270.

Some interesting findings from the preeminent Republican polling firm.

Her Democratic opponent has conceded.

Biden inches closer to 270.

10 more Electoral votes.

Last night amplifies a long pattern.

The picture is becoming clearer.

The usual suspects are not playing along.

Either democracy is sacred, or it’s not.

A lot to think about, not a lot of conclusions.

We may be a little closer to ending the tyranny of the Electoral College.

The votes for President and the ballot measures don’t seem to line up.

It’ll be days before we know the final 2020 results but a resounding repudiation is unlikely.

Damn straight.