Outside the Beltway

Norway is switching from FM Radio to digital broadcasting. A similar transition in the United States seems unlikely for the time being.

Rest in Peace, Princess. May the Force be with you.

It seems as though 2016 has taken many more celebrities lives than past years.

It’s not all peaches and cream for pretty young women.

The situation in the Middle East just potentially became much more complicated.

Beginning late this morning, the Electors in each of the states will meet to carry out their Constitutional function. Despite the drama accompanying this year’s election, there’s likely to be far less drama than some people seem to be hoping for.

In the wake of the Democratic victory in the North Carolina Governor’s race, the Republican-controlled legislature has stripped the Governor’s office of significant power.

Hillary Clinton’s national campaign wasn’t nearly as well-organized as we’d been led to believe.

New information raises serious questions about the integrity of the 2016 elections, and about Donald Trump and his supporters.

Another conflict of interest for President-Elect Trump.

Political upheaval for an important Asian ally.

Godspeed, John Glenn.

In the end, there was no other logical choice.

Another name may be on the short list for Secretary of State.

Donald Trump resurrects an old debate and desecrates the Constitution in the process.

Those who voted for him thinking he would be guided or controlled by more sober individuals or that he would start acting presidential once elected: you were wrong.

Donald Trump claims he won an Electoral College landslide. This is a bald-faced lie.

Now Donald Trump is alleging that the 2016 Election was tainted by ‘illegal voting,’ even though he won!

Now, the road to trial will move forward.

One of the Cold War era’s last dictators has finally died.

Rest In Peace, Mrs. Brady.

As God is my witness……..

Democracy produces good rulers, right?  Sometimes.  What good democracies actually produce best is good losers. Let us then be grateful for gracious losers, for our losers no less than our winners carry forward the American experiment in self-rule.  

If one believes the electoral college is awesome, one cannot make an argument from the position of “the wisdom of the Founders” nor from a viewpoint based on original intent.

A controversial retired General has been tapped to be President-Elect Trump’s top White House foreign policy voice.

Another great loss for music in what has been a difficult year.

Despite resentments, power will transition peacefully from President Obama to President Trump. We should be thankful for that rather than protesting it.

Defying the odds and the polls, Donald Trump triumphed over Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the United States.

With just one day to go, Clinton’s paths to victory continue to look far more realistic than Donald Trump’s.

Even if you’re not sure who you should vote for, it’s obvious who you shouldn’t vote for.

I’ve been something of a political news junkie for 40 years now. This year has burned me out.

A late Friday news dump by the Director of the F.B.I. has thrown a confusing curve ball into the race.

While not quite the great unskewing of argument past, here is an example of why non-experts need to avoid critiquing polling.

Donald Trump is losing something much more important to him that an election.

The final debate of 2016 didn’t draw as many viewers as the first Hillary v. Donald match-up, but it still drew a respectable number.

For better or worse, the third Presidential debate will largely be remembered for one thing.

With just over three weeks before Election Day, efforts by top Republicans to disavow their party’s nominee are quite clearly too little, too late.

Viewership for the second debate fell some twenty percent from the first debate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that voter are losing interest.

The erstwhile Republican firebrand and current NeverTrumper shares his personal struggles.

Republicans are abandoning Donald Trump in droves after last night’s revelation of lewd remarks he made in 2005.

An 11-year-old tape of the Republican nominee making misogynistic comments should surprise no one.

Tuesday night’s running mate debate had lower viewership than any such encounter in sixteen years.

The reputation of the US matters in global affairs.