Outside the Beltway

The problem is theoretical at best and cannot stop the Senate from acting.

The pivot point in the impeachment charges: two hours of silence.

The GOP, alas, is not going anywhere.

AOC v. MTG: one of these things is not like the other.

Maybe his title should be “Minority Follower.”

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.

The bane of the Trump presidency is already thwarting President Biden.

The legal debates are unsettled but we can all agree that Rand Paul is a moron.

It’s time to up our protection game.

President Biden told a little fib.

A legally correct but maddening ruling.

Let me point you to a reform proposal.

And no, there aren’t always “two sides to every story.”

American political parties are controlled by the primaries.

Policy wonks are seeing a refreshing return to the normal order. Some believe that’s a bad thing.

Who watches the watch, man?

The hidden wokeness of our new Critical Theory-loving President.

David Brooks is the leader in the clubhouse.

History has been made in more than one way.

Hammerin’ Hank is gone.

What we have here is failure to communicate.

A change to the language is being proposed as part of a sweeping immigration overhaul.

Amending the Constitutional through unconstitutional means is a very bad idea.

The 46th President has been busy signing proclamations signaling a new direction.

Yesterday showed that Biden understands the “dignified” part of politics.

President Biden masterfully used the pageantry of the day to shatter the self-asserted Trumpian monopoly on patriotism.

Biden’s America is a place and idea in which the trappings of empire or glory are ephemera in comparison with perennial human relationships—families; friendships; communities; schools; neighbors; partners.

143 at the 11th hour.

Large chunks of a hackish report were lifted from previous works of Commission members.

Losing viewers to fringe networks, the Fair and Balanced team is joining them.

A parting shot from the Trump administration.

A curious bit of branding.

Every illegal immigrant would have a path to citizenship.