Outside the Beltway

An interesting but unlikely-to-pass bill is about to be introduced.

A fundamental building block of our system makes it nearly impossible to fix.

Yet another twist in an ongoing saga.

Confusing advice is unlikely to be heeded.

A column is getting negative attention for all the wrong reasons

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

We were much slower and have higher non-conformity than countries that have it under control.

The ‘outside agitators’ trope strikes again.

The lousy hybrid option has been scrapped in favor of a worthless virtual one.

It’s just not immediate.

Despite hope for a vaccine, officials are canceling large events months in advance.

A majority of Americans of every sex, race, education, income, or region do the right thing. With one exception.

The hopes of football in the fall are fading fast.

A researcher has documented 66 separate incidents since May 27.

Are Republicans eschewing absentee voting?

A controversial monument in Little Italy has been destroyed.

Contra the CDC, the AAP says getting kids to class outweighs the modest risk of their catching COVID-19.

Parents can’t homeschool their kids and hold down jobs indefinitely.

The Commonwealth is the first state in the nation to issue regulations.

The lockdowns are ending and likely not coming back.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

A surprisingly slow response from a governor who has been proactive during the crisis.

Can there be truth when there are consequences?

A new study finds earlier lockdowns could have saved 54,000 lives by early May.

You can guess the rest.

Vastly more people died than needed to and the economy still crashed.

Another grim milestone

Things are going to get better. And far worse.

We’re a long, long way from normal.

“Will some people be affected badly? Yes.”

We’re putting people in an impossible position.

A fiasco wrapped in a clusterfuck.

Sigh.

The President is issuing dangerous statements.

Dan Drezner makes an interesting comparison.

A disgraced governor is signing a wave of progressive legislation

Social distancing is helping but too many aren’t taking it seriously enough.

Everything is easier with money.

What do they know, anyway?

The President tweeted, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

Schools were going to be open today. They’re closing after parent pressure.

The grand jury was disbanded, so there was no need to continue the coercion tactic.

The greatest crisis the nation has faced in my lifetime.

Conferences, sporting events, and even school has been canceled to avoid spreading the pandemic.

There’s nothing to see here, folks.

The wagons have been circled.

Not a great night for the former New York major. But he still has $54.5 billion to comfort him.

A bad night for Bloomberg and Warren has radically reshaped the race.

Evidence from the four early states is not looking promising.