Outside the Beltway

Do last year’s words belong to last year’s language?

The laying out of the case begins.

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

A necessary but likely irrelevant gesture.

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

Too woke! Not woke enough!

It’s not getting any better, folks.

It passed the Senate unanimously.

A way-too-early assessment of how it’s going.

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.

A parting shot from the Trump administration.

Why isn’t Joe Biden President already?

Will he be a uniter or a divider?

Cops aren’t soldiers or spies but fellow citizens.

It’s just not immediate.

The President is desperate and unwell and the press is making no bones about it.

The line between “hero” and “victim” is blurry and rendered meaningless when the former is over-used

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

Despite denials and dismissals, it is clear that being an impeached President is getting under Trump’s skin.

By the end of today, Donald Trump will most likely be the third President of the United States to be impeached by the House of Representatives.

With her eyes on her political future in a GOP dominated by Trumpism, Nikki Haley is attempting to rewrite the history of one of the most significant events of her time as Governor of South Carolina.

Further evidence that the Republican Party has turned into a cult of personalty built around Donald Trump.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.

The time for sitting on the sidelines is over. Donald Trump cannot be allowed to get away with his usurpation of power, his disdain for the law, or his continued policies that have damaged the country.

In this case, Rich Lowry’s.

Donald Trump’s delusions of grandeur are getting more and more bizarre.

Tensions are increasing in the Persian Gulf thanks to a collection of actions by Iran, the United States, and United Kingdom.

Congress is considering a bill that would establish a commission to examine the issue of reparations for slavery.;

As if the situation in the Persian Gulf weren’t already tense enough, the Iranians shot down an American reconnaissance drone late yesterday

Tensions are increasing in the Persian Gulf as the Iran war hawks seem to be winning the battle for the President’s support.

The White House claims to want to talk to Iran but the President’s actions make clear that negotiation is the furthest thing from his mind.

The Trump Administration is taking an unnecessarily militaristic approach toward Iran, and that poses real dangers for the country and for the Middle East.

An argument for an exception to the style guides.

The Democratic Speaker of the House says there will be no charges against the Republican President barring an “overwhelming and bipartisan” consensus.

Lyndon LaRouche, an eight-time Presidential candidate who ran a cult-like organization that spread bizarre conspiracy theories, has died at 96.

Honoring the 41st President cast a poor light on the 45th.

Washington said farewell to George H.W. Bush today in a service that both remembered his spirit and his heroism, and stands as a sharp rebuke to what politics has been reduced to in America today.

Happy Thanksgiving!

155 years ago today, President Lincoln delivered one of the greatest addresses in American history.

In addition to being mandated by the Constitution, birthright citizenship goes to the core of what it means to be an American.

Former President Obama took on his successor in his first major political speeches since leaving office.

Jennifer Rubin wants to build a new political party from scratch.

The Republican Party’s nominee for Senator in Virginia really is as bad as you’ve heard, probably worse.

Mike Pence’s obsequiousness to his master knows no limits.

Unable to get his way with the legislature, New York’s governor is taking a provocative step.

Of course Donald Trump wants a military parade, it would be consistent with his delusions of grandeur.

Most Americans are unlikely to remember John Anderson, but he was a harbinger of things to come.

Happy Thanksgiving!