Outside the Beltway

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

Of party, duty, age, and political roulette.

What happens if a corrupt man who owes hundreds of millions is President?

Sit-up at attention edition.

The pandemic ruined everything.

Damned if I know.

Trump is giving aid and comfort to insurrectionists.

He’s on a winning streak not seen since Stalin.

When being despicable is normal, is it still news?

A long-overdue reform is meeting resistance.

Two data points are not a trend.

There’s a fork in the road.

Post-Covid recovery edition.

Martyr Complex Edition

It’s great for the well-off but increasingly problematic for the larger economy.

Sic a mob on a guy and this is the thanks Trump gets.

An unserious plan by an unserious group.

tl;dr: Either he goes or she (and her office) go

“Church Zone”

The roots of MAGA run deep, through places like my old home.

A long-predicted threat has emerged.

Explaining the inexplicable.

A purge of the professional staff for, well, reasons.

The inevitable is all but official.

The perils of speaking loudly while carrying a small stick.

A little late, but here they are.

Israel’s prime minister is defying red lines and humanitarian concerns.

The mess in California hides a more pressing issue.

The “courage of the white flag” is a horrible idea.

It’s harder than I would have thought.

Here we go again.

Well, that was something.

The numbers continue to be strong.

Biden did what he needed to do.