Outside the Beltway

She took a plea deal.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s national coming out party was, well, interesting.

The Establishment is desperate for an alternative that’s not coming.

They chose the ticket, now they are going for the ride.

There has been a steady decline the last five years.

A columnist argues his failed launch was emblematic of a larger problem.

Did the Trump stunt backfire? Or just an anomaly?

The fired propagandist has had an epiphany about bullshit.

Turns out that costing your employer nearly a billion dollars isn’t good for your career.

A $787.5 million flesh wound.

An outrageous political stunt.

The would-be President is floundering as he tries to position himself.

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Tucker is one of those “elites” he saying hates his audience.

They went all-in on the Big Lie and we now have the receipts that they knew what they were doing.

Tales of threat assessment and media reactions.

The Army has done the right thing the wrong way.

Some tab plus some tabs equals some tabs.

Republicans are dying at a much higher rate than Democrats.

Enjoy.

In the weeds of civil-military relations.

A shameful stunt reminiscent of an even darker era.

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

It was yuuuge! And nobody saw it!

The laying out of the case begins.

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

For your consideration.

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

The craziest damn thing you’ve ever heard of or a secret message to the crazies?

Hoisted by their own petard.

The network’s longtime weekend anchor couldn’t take it anymore.

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

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

A media critic argues we pay outsized attention to the goings-on at Fox, MSNBC, and CNN.

Two NeverTrump Republicans have had enough.

A contrast in styles.

An amusing incident highlights how far we’ve fallen.

Sound decisions require sound reporting.

The right questions are: 1) why do some some on the right like him, and 2) should this concern us all?

Hungary is part of a broader global trend, but the real issue isn’t Hungary, it is the Americans who praise Hungary.

Some recent news items that add to concern about American democracy.

An emotional day set the tone for the investigation.

Another R/D cleavage?

It’s not getting any better, folks.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

Stories, links, and brief observations from the week that never grew into posts.

A pandemic and the rise of Zoom meetings unleashed an academic theory into the wild.