Outside the Beltway

After 100 days in office, President Trump has very little to show for his work except to show that there’s no reason to trust his judgment going forward.

As he nears the end of his first 100 days in office, President Trump continues to suffer from bad poll numbers.

So far, there’s no sign that Donald Trump is having much of an impact on the economy.

In the end, there was no other logical choice.

David Brooks thinks American politics “Could get ugly” before the ship gets righted.

Much like their predecessors, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have released only limited information about their health. It may be time for that to change.

In the immortal words of the Fonz, I was wr-wr-wr-wr . . . not exactly right.

Ronald Reagan famously claimed, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.” I’m going through the process in reverse.

It didn’t take long for the political battle over the seat held by the late Justice Antonin Scalia to become another part of the 2016 political battle.

A look at the history behind the ideology driving the standoff in Oregon.

Donald Trump’s plan to bar all Muslim immigration to the United States is being widely condemned by his fellow Republicans and others, but the proposal probably won’t hurt him politically in a Republican Party that is deeply bigoted against Muslims in general.

Protests by students at Princeton are causing some people to finally pay attention to some inconvenient truths about America’s 28th President.

One of the nation’s preeminent polling firms is sitting out the 2016 primaries.

Donald Trump’s campaign seems to be making a play for whatever portion of the GOP it may be that still likes Sarah Palin.

The Supreme Court has struck down a program that forced farmers to turn over a portion of their crop to the government without compensation.

Marine special operations forces have called themselves “Raiders” for years. Now it’s official.

Once again, only six or seven states are likely to matter.

Seventy years ago, Harry Truman became President in the final months of a war. He wasn’t prepared for it, but most Vice-President’s after him have been.

Has the legislative branch abdicated its responsibility in US foreign policy?

A critic of the imperial presidency becomes an imperial president.

There’s more to life than politics. Unfortunately, there are many Americans who don’t seem to recognize that fact.

Frank Foer proclaims, “Amazon Must Be Stopped. It’s too big. It’s cannibalizing the economy.”

The sixth year of a presidency leads to some predictable commentary (and some comparative notes).

Some have argued that there is an historical bias against political parties holding on to the White House for more than two terms. As with most commonly held ideas, that simply isn’t true.

It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.

Relying on the policies of a man who was President in a very different time is not a substitute for a rational foreign policy.

Perhaps some justice for the casualties in the War On Drugs

Have gubernatorial elections become more nationalized?

Thoughts on the precursors to the events of 72 years ago today.

A third term for any of these guys? Don’t count on it.

Conservatives have their own Kennedy myth to compete with the myth of Camelot.

The news that Obama aides discussed a change to the 2012 ticket is part of the latest Halperin/Heilemann campaign history.

Much like the Tea Party, David Frum wants to make the GOP tent smaller.

Divided government is the worst political system ever, except for all the others.

One cannot support the shutdown tactic and then be outraged that part of the government is shutdown.

One of the dumber aspects of the current shutdown repeats itself.

I’ve been up since 3 am and drinking since 6 pm, so my reaction to a presidential war speech at 9 am may not be the definitive word

My latest for The National Interest has posted.

The AHA is calling for a six-year embargo of history dissertations.

President Obama threw down a gauntlet today in the form of a trio of Judicial nominations.

Tom Brokaw has some good criticisms of what the White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner has turned into.

The Iraq War did significant damage to the legacy of the Republican Party.

The Canal made a number of impressions.

Could a coin like this solve the looming debt ceiling crisis?

You can’t always get what you want.