Outside the Beltway

Things are going to get better. And far worse.

More Americans are out of work than at any time since the Great Depression.

More on Covid-19 and the flu.

Data collection and analysis takes time.

The counting methodology is flawed and that’s assuming honest reporting.

Trump made some odd suggestions on today’s Aló Presidente.

Another grim milestone.

People who keep calling Covid-19 “just the flu” haven’t looked very closely at the numbers.

Not to encourage people to skip the longer version, but here’s a key point.

Critics of the modeling and of the data analysis are being too simplistic.

A startling statistic.

Social distancing is helping but too many aren’t taking it seriously enough.

We’re passing grim milestones on a daily basis.

The President seems to be enjoying a mild rally effect.

On Tucker last night, Patrick made an odd appeal (to be kind).

The President tweeted, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

President Erdogan is playing a dangerous game.

What’s new isn’t necessarily what’s most important.

Less than twelve hours after the mass shooting in Texas, another one occurred overnight in Dayton, Ohio.

Another day, another mass shooting and, as is becoming all too common in this country, this one appears to have been racially motivated.

All three children of the next head of the Army are following in his footsteps.

Thirteen people, including eleven civilians, a Sheriff’s Deputy, and the gunman, are dead after a shooting at a bar in California.

President Trump is choosing money and moral cowardice over human life in his response to the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi.

President Trump is apparently a Hurricane Maria Truther.

Despite the evidence, the President thinks he did a great job handling a disaster in which nearly 3,000 American citizens died.

A new study concludes that the total death toll from Hurricane Maria was vastly higher than previously reported.

A new study suggests that the death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria was much higher than previously reported.

In the wake of yesterday’s killing of eight in a Texas high school, WaPo’s Philip Bump provides a chilling statistic.

Another school shooting, this time in Texas.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a major urban center.

The Leader of the Free World is, sadly, enabling atrocities.

Celebrations and a deadly day in the Middle East.

Even the United Nations has given up trying to maintain an accurate estimate.

Just about a year after President Trump attacked Syria over the use of chemical weapons, the Assad regime has again used chemical weapons. There’s not much we can do about, nor should we.

Phil Carter makes an interesting argument but he’s ultimately mistaken.

Another mass shooting.

At least thirteen dead in an apparent terrorist attack in Spain.

Another night of terror in the United Kingdom.

A night of carnage and depravity in the United Kingdom.

Turkey’s government appears to have rebuffed a coup attempt, but questions remains about the stability of the government going forward.

A night of terror mars Bastille Day celebrations in France.

A third major terrorist attack inside of a week.

A massive attack hits Istanbul’s airport.

The attack in San Bernardino has seemingly left the Administration’s anti-terror strategy in disarray, so the President is addressing the nation tonight to say, well, something I guess.

France’s President blames ISIS, vows response, as death toll from Paris terror attacks stands at at least 127.

Reports of at least up to sixty dead, a hostage situation, and attacks at multiple locations in Paris.

The seeds of the current peace deal date back to 2007-2008 (plus some longer-term background notes).

Yet another attack on religious freedom in Europe.