Outside the Beltway

It was far more compelling than expected.

The laying out of the case begins.

Much ado about a perfectly normal phenomenon.

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

Sometimes politicians definitely say the wrong thing.

Some thoughts.

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

Dare I say that it’s the economy?

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

They’re taking their eye off the ball.

A recurring genre about presidents.

You-VAL-dee? You-VAHL-day? Oo-VAHL-deh?

The NYT and CA41 and yet another example of telling the wrong story.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

Growth continues.

Or are they?

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

The research is not as robust as you’d think.

Despite their military trappings and propaganda, they’re seldom heroes.

Some GOP governors are taking a stance against Trump.

It doesn’t appear the Uvalde TX police were underfunded

The obstacles to fixing the problem are many.

An example of security theater with proven negative social impacts

Two incumbents roared to victory despite his opposition.

Some great suggestions, same lame ones, and some missed opportunities.

Alas, it’s unlikely to change the policies that enable them.

The President continues his recent penchant for saying the quiet part out loud.

Who gets to claim Latino heritage?

She advocated that AZ overturn its election.

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

A long-overdue milestone has been reached.

The combination of a horrendous rollout and a social media onslaught was disastrous.

An ongoing series of observations.

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

Tragedy has played out so often that it has become a statistic.

Ezra Klein discusses the dynamics of American conservatism in historical perspective. Plus, he helps illustrate a key problem that we have in thinking about American politics (IMHO).

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

Another day, another disappointment for the party’s legislative agenda.

Assumptions of racial animus are overshadowing a story that’s outrageous enough on its own.

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

The Biden Administration is constantly bragging about its actions against Russia. Is that wise?

More on primaries with a foray into Madison and the general politics of power-seekers and incentives.

Not so conservative.

The Ohio GOP Senate contest.

In other news, there’s gambling going on at Casablanca.

Nobody is keeping the gate.

At least not right away. But it’s quite possible by 2040.

The 45th President was a psychopath.