Outside the Beltway

What is the right measure of success for the Committee investigating the Capitol riot?

New evidence gets us a wee bit closer to a smoking gun.

They’re taking their eye off the ball.

A key planner of the Capitol riot has agreed to testify against others in exchange for a lighter sentence.

We did much better in 2020 and worse since 2021 than we thought.

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

In case anyone was wondering (and the GOP’s prospects are good).

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

Why oh why won’t people stop commenting on the lady Senator’s outfits?

A conversation in two parts.

The President’s approval has plummeted, largely because of factors outside his control.

American cheese will henceforth be known as liberté cheese. And not because of the metric system.

The wonders of hindsight.

Gotta clear those tabs.

A typical case of American blind justice.

Republicans are more partisan—and distrustful of government—than Democrats.

A laser focus on the pandemic and economic insecurity has him in good shape at the traditional check-in point.

It’s harder than a looks, especially given the limited size of the problem.

An interesting but uneven debate.

Key posts across the government remain unfilled.

Overruling every case President Trump was involved in is getting silly.

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

Immigration policy is harder than it looks.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.

Who watches the watch, man?

What we have here is failure to communicate.

The 46th President has been busy signing proclamations signaling a new direction.

Yesterday showed that Biden understands the “dignified” part of politics.

President Biden masterfully used the pageantry of the day to shatter the self-asserted Trumpian monopoly on patriotism.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

Outliers are bad places to look for solid support of your argument.

There are multiple ongoing plots and reasonable fear of infiltration of security forces.

A one-time denizen of Blogger’s Row at CPAC has come a long way.

Amazon is using its dominant position to shut down a right-wing social platform.

Hashtag: You’re Fired.

A large, well-trained police force was unprepared for a foreseeable crisis.

It’s easy to mismanage what we don’t have to see.

Peaceful protests were once again followed by nighttime clashes.

Why is making the obvious call so hard for the GSA Administrator?

The inevitable happened, as extremist organizations descended on DC.

A nonpartisan official is refusing to do her duty.

A truly chaotic combination.

Two related discussions.

The iconic Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87.

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