Outside the Beltway

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

Will discusses a nascent university and in doing so produced a cliched column about higher education.

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

More voice, more votes, more representation.

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

The contrast could not be more clear.

A stroll down memory lane.

The conversation continues. (Warning: it is over 3000 words).

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

Sad news from the conservative talk icon.

Should the pundit class look more like America?

A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?

While the drumbeat for impeachment of the President continues on the left, political reality suggests caution.

Do you want to get money out of politics? You need to get politics out of money.

Let’s just say that he isn’t impressed.

The mea culpas and I-told-you-so’s are rather premature.

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is running for a third term under a dark ethical cloud. That probably won’t matter.

Madison was right about politicians and ambition. He just didn’t see the how it would all play out.

The dean of conservative columnists argues that the Republican Congress must be taught a lesson.

A towering figure gone much too soon.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

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

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that could prove crippling to public employee unions across the nation.

On the special election for US Senate in Alabama

A speech traditionally used to unite was instead a continuation of a divisive campaign.

An important free speech case is coming up this week at the Supreme Court.

George Will isn’t just refusing to vote for Donald Trump, he’s leaving the GOP entirely

George Will’s column on the Garland nomination sparks a few thoughts.

The producer behind a group of music legends has passed away at the age of 90.

People don’t much care whether information supporting their prejudices is true.

Everyone is sick of the current approach. The candidates are looking for a new one.

Even if Donald Trump isn’t the Republican nominee in 2016, he could still end up causing real harm to the party’s chances of winning the White House and holding on to the Senate.

He’s second in national polls!

A long history of opposing marriage equality could end up hurting Republicans even though that battle is over in this country.

Should the Legislature take back legislating from the Executive?

As usual, politicians and pundits are helping to create a climate of fear and concern about Ebola that is not justified by the facts.

George Will has come under criticism for pointing out what seems to be an undeniable fact.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

Some questions for the Republicans who would be President about the actions of the last Republican President.

There are many choices in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program there are many choices, but some are better than others.

Talks between the two Senate leaders haven’t exactly gone so well.

With more than a little hyperbole, George Will declares “Obama’s unconstitutional steps worse than Nixon’s.”

The Canal made a number of impressions.

George Will declares solitary confinement tantamount to torture.