Outside the Beltway

A symbolic gesture is now highly impractical, if not harmful.

A hypothetical spoiler for 2024? (Stress on “hypothetical”).

“Red States” and “Blue State”

The lunatic fringe idea is both appealing and unworkable.

Tips for how to check yourself before you wreck yourself.

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

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

The Supreme Court may revisit a controversial criminal justice ruling.

Democratic politicians are lining up behind the octogenarian President.

A reminder of how things (specifically the party system as a whole) have changed.

Looking at some historical data.

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

Local issues barely matter in Congressional races anymore.

The attack at the Pelosi house should surprise no one.

The party in the White House is likely to lose seats.

Touting the accomplishments of the last two years isn’t working.

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

The intersection of politics, morality, and meaning.

“Moderate” is up, “Liberal” is down, and “Conservative” is static. What does it mean?

What we believe and what we say we believe are often not the same.

Approval is down (again).

A theory floated in Bush v Gore could radically change American elections.

Columnists write bad columns apologizing for bad columns.

Who should have the final say on the law of the land?

With the government throwing its hands up, it’s now up to the citizenry.

Yet another reminder of the pathologies of American institutions.

This will just reinforce minority rule in the US.

Could Alaska point the way to a solution?

Tweaking the message and getting out the vote don’t matter as much as strategists think.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

Are you going to believe this index or your own lyin’ eyes?

A recurring genre about presidents.

The NYT and CA41 and yet another example of telling the wrong story.

The combination of a horrendous rollout and a social media onslaught was disastrous.

The role of American political institutions.

The days of unanimous votes are long behind us.

Two notorious cases indicate a policy shift on federal prosecutions of cases already tried in lower courts.

Some of his numbers are worse than even Donald Trump’s.

The military threat is smaller, but the political one is bigger.

Right wing protestors are expected to attempt to create (more) gridlock in the capitol later today.

It seems that some Americans are relocating to be with people who share their social and cultural views.

A pretty good President has numbers comparable to his historically bad predecessor.

And Biden approval down.

Some pundits have high standards.

The safety gap between affluent, white and poor, minority communities has grown over the last three decades.

A roundup of reflection on a somber anniversary.

A majority of Americans are less than sure that Biden won the 2020 election.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

Is the stalwart of Senate bipartisanship interested in governing?