Outside the Beltway

The world’s worst COVID manager is now the world’s worst COVID patient.

A truly chaotic combination.

No masks, no distancing, no caution.

A pandemic and a government populated with people in their 70s and 80s.

One man’s fecklessness has gotten untold people sick.

The inevitable has happened.

Yet another grim milestone.

Not new.
Not surprising.
Still, pretty amazing.

The general election campaign is about to kick off in earnest.

Yet another grim milestone.

Is Trump really an outlier?

Yet another twist in an ongoing saga.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

A new poll shows meaningful shifts in public attitudes.

The formula: promote an image until the jig is up.

The President admits that he intentionally downplayed the threat posed by the epidemic.

What is more concerning, speculation and war games, or the words of POTUS?

Already-high rates have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Are those with kids getting over?

An uncharacteristic misstep by a seasoned pro.

Confusing advice is unlikely to be heeded.

Yet another grim milestone.

Why roll with the facts when you can confuse your supporters with conspiracy theories?

The politics of protests.

A stark contrast.

Or, more accurately, the president should not use false hope to try and bolster his political image.

Pondering lack of US interest in our friends to the south.

The pandemic is having serious effects in the region, and they will persist for some time.

Yet another call for military intervention in domestic politics.

The official campaign to oust Donald Trump is off to a good start.

Policy failures by the US government have neutered US passports for the foreseeable future.

More evidence that we are under-counting deaths due to Covid-19.

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

Preying on the fears of old white people is good business.

The online behemoth is consolidating its market position during the pandemic.

To mix cultural references: less than meets the eye.

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

Yet another grim milestone.

A completely unsurprising finding.

Our response to Covid-19 has been exceptional in all the wrong ways.

Yet another incumbent has lost his primary contest.

A clip from Trump’s Axios interview shows a man who really does not understand what is going on.

The rules are different if you’re famous.

Having failed to prevent or contain it, aggressive stupidity is now washing over us.

The one-time candidate for the GOP presidential nomination is dead at 74.

The absurdity of this presidency illustrated yet again.

We were much slower and have higher non-conformity than countries that have it under control.

A bizarre but possibly correct ruling by the Supreme Court.

Partial credit at best, however.

Apparently, we’re not supposed to drink the stuff.