Outside the Beltway

As America prepares for a Presidential transition, an old conflict with a history of turning dangerous rears its head.

Mitt Romney and Donald Trump became bitter rivals for the soul of the GOP in 2016, but Romney appears to be at the top of Trump’s list for the nation’s top diplomat.

While it seems a strange choice at first blush, it’s a good one.

Most Americans wish Donald Trump would stop tweeting. Good luck with that.

Trump backs away from yet another campaign promise.

Calling it neo-fascist is not hyperbole.

Canada is phasing out coal as a source of electricity production by 2030. The same thing will happen in the United States no matter how much politicians try to stop it.

Political change coming to Germany? Or more of the same.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is speaking out against several of President-Elect Trump’s proposed Cabinet nominees.

So what’s wrong with the Whitelash Backlash thesis?  Not everything, actually.  But plenty.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a lawsuit that tried to make an end-run around the Senate and put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court.

President-Elect Donald Trump has signaled that his current wife and youngest child will continue to reside in their de-luxe apartment in the sky rather than move to the White House.

The incoming president’s business interests are a yuuuge problem.

Mike Pence’s night at the theater included a message from the cast. Good for them.

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.

Team of Rivals?

Alabama’s Jeff Sessions will become the nation’s top law enforcement officer. That’s not a good thing.

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

Senior Republican Senators are throwing cold water on the idea of eliminating the filibuster.