Outside the Beltway

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

It doesn’t add up.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

Three days late, $1.2 billion long.

Too woke! Not woke enough!

The President seems to have persuaded the progressives in his party to settle for half a loaf.

The convicted criminal has taken his shenanigans to court.

It’s happening again. This time, it was easily preventable.

The President is looking for any leverage he can to get refuseniks vaccinated.

The collapse is not his doing. But he’s accountable for the poor planning.

An unfunded mandate remains in place.

We’re at the lowest rate in generations.

Mostly about how not to do it.

The President is about to roll out another massive spending plan.

We can all agree that it’s important but not what it is.

Competing analogies and externalities.

And what GOP opposition says about the party.

Yet another reminder about pathologies of US democracy.

What was mere signaling under a Republican Senate and President could now become law.

An opportunity for unity and a restoration of normal order.

A tale so bizarre it is hard to believe it is real.

The pandemic is highlighting an international shame.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

This isn’t what leadership looks like.

This is no ordinary recession.

Young people acting selfishly is a fact of life.

Is being ruled by the elderly a bad thing?

Our measures for preventing abuse of our social welfare system are preventing those who need it most go without.

One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the PPACA”s individual mandate unconstitutional but left the fate of the rest of the law unresolved.

Lindsey Graham faces a potentially interesting challenge in his 2020 re-election bid.

If the United Kingdom does go through with Brexit, it could lead to an existential crisis for the United Kingdom itself.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is reportedly considering a late entry into the race for the Democratic nomination.

The officer involved in the shooting death of a woman in Fort Worth, Texas has been charged with murder.

Another police shooting of an innocent African-American. This time in Fort Worth, Texas.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held oral argument in a series of cases asking it to decide if existing civil rights laws cover discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

In a rebuke to traditional conservative views of Federalism, the Trump Administration intends to revoke California’s authority to set its own clean air standards,

The Trump Administration from projects to build on-base schools and daycare facilities to spend on his border wall.

David Koch, one-half of the Koch Brothers and the head of a wide-ranging business empire who also went on to have a huge impact on politics and cultural philanthropy, has died at the age of 79.

President Trump wants to make a deal.

Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier who was arrested earlier this summer on sex trafficking and abuse charges, has died of what appears to be a suicide in his jail cell.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument yesterday in a case that could radically impact health care coverage for millions of Americans.

Later today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument in a case that could upend the Affordable Care Act.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

While the scope of Federal power has expanded beyond the ken of the Framers, this is not an example.

At least some conservatives appear to finally be recognizing that their movement has been taken over by grifters and frauds. The only question is, what took them so long?

Last night, President Trump announced a new round of tariffs against Mexico for reasons that have nothing to do with trade itself.

Do you want to get money out of politics? You need to get politics out of money.