Outside the Beltway

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Being against something just isn’t enough.

The lunatic fringe idea is both appealing and unworkable.

Whither American civil religion?

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

Some Democrats are angry!

A no-brainer that’s brainless.

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

“The GOP” is not a singular unit.

They went all-in on the Big Lie and we now have the receipts that they knew what they were doing.

The controversial AI has some interesting programming quirks.

An aggressive but expected move.

Some 2024ish stuff and other tidbits.

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

Playing two-level games.

It’s becoming a sad joke.

The anti-Trump Republican could find re-election difficult.

Too many jobs needlessly specify a bachelor’s.

A modest regulatory change may have a big impact.

One of these is not like the other.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

A second stash has led to a special counsel and political embarrassment.

Just like Trump’s except for every important detail.

Latin America’s answer to Donald Trump has his own insurrection attempt.

After 15 votes and innumerable concessions, Kevin McCarthy is nominally in charge of the House of Representatives.

The anti-McCarthy holdouts have no end game.

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

Should Secretary Pete have done more?

“You can’t be against everything.”

The elite consensus that free trade would bring them around is gone.

Republicans are dying at a much higher rate than Democrats.

Electoral Count Act reforms are “hidden” in the bipartisan budget bill.

The ball is now in Merrick Garland’s court.

The President will be the 2024 Democratic nominee. Get used to it.

The January 6 Committee is expected to make a minimum of three referrals.

Is this how the cult ends?

Trump NFTs: just in time for Xmas.

Americans want some new choices.

Her emphasis on turnout has helped other Democrats but she’s a two-time loser.

The late Chief Justice was right; his successors are wrong.

Because of course she is.

Twenty five alleged plotters have been arrested

The years-long NYC investigation finally bears some fruit.

Democrats increase their Senate margin.

Spoiler alert: the GOP has already failed this test multiple times.

The man is a dangerous nut.

The idiocy of Iowa and New Hampshire having outsized influence on who is elected President may be ending.