Outside the Beltway

If the younger generation seems to be maturing later, there are good reasons.

Four administrations and two decades later, it’s about to be over.

A quirk in our system combined with shrewd gamesmanship will give them unprecedented power.

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

The beloved author of children’s books had died days short of her 105th birthday.

Deal-making in Washington is next to impossible.

A third of Americans are unsure they want the life-saving COVID shots.

The loaners, the dreamers, and schemes.

It is really so hard to understand that you don’t go on vacation during a massive disaster?

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.

The best two teams in college football play for it all amid some controversy.

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

The utter smallness of Trump’s legal challenges to the election.

A nonpartisan official is refusing to do her duty.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

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

Yet another twist in an ongoing saga.

A new poll shows meaningful shifts in public attitudes.

Trump basically confirmed all but one aspect of the Atlantic story.

The venerable military newspaper lives to print another day.

The Toddler-in-Chief strikes again.

The one-time wunderkind, blogging pioneer, and same-sex marriage champion is now on the outs.

Policy failures by the US government have neutered US passports for the foreseeable future.

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

A new company has reinvented the communication tool that people love to hate.

As scary as the Cold War was, it did reduce the silliness in American politics.

The state of American debate is not strong.

My latest at War on the Rocks.

The venerable magazine is following industry trends. Is the billionaire owner a monster?

We’re a long, long way from normal.

“Will some people be affected badly? Yes.”

Dan Drezner makes an interesting comparison.

There are two theories, neither of them good.

Republicans are half as likely to take the outbreak seriously.

Is being ruled by the elderly a bad thing?

We seem to be in a new reality. Will readers accept it?

The wrong people are choosing the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.

The math compelled it. But he outlasted several better-known candidates.

A political scientist argues that college-educated intellectuals are doing politics wrong.

What lessons are there for the United States in general, and Democrats in particular, in last weeks British election?

Anyone who doubts that Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 is being incredibly naive.

Happy Thanksgiving!

A new article puts Joe Biden’s gaffes and malapropisms in a new light.

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the NATO alliance is suffering brain death due to President Trump’s neglect and lack of leadership.

A conservative columnist explains how once-Republican states are switching sides.

It’s Election Day in Canada and the outcome is far from certain.

After coming under fire for a decision designed primarily to benefit himself and his family, President Trump has decided to walk back the decision to hold the next G-7 Summit at one of his properties.

The real crime is what’s legal.

What we know for sure.