Outside the Beltway

He was looking for an election to buy.

This week: classic Doctor Who

The courts have ruled the far-right leader ineligible to run.

America’s edge in innovation, built over a century, is being squandered in weeks.

A natural evolution in American foreign policy, albeit a concerning one.

The Nerd Prom chickens out.

The media, the academy, and the courts, are all in the crosshairs.

Elite American universities are surrending at an astonishing pace.

Making the Markets Dive Again.

Unequal treatment for senior officials is the norm, like it or not.

“Geese in Watercolors”

Will the Netanyahu government double down on its weakening of Iran?

Yet another test of Executive power for the courts to resolve.

Sad and strange circumstances have forced the Democratic party to become the conservative party now. It’s important to remind ourselves of what is good in our lives and what is worth defending. 

Infrastructure week is continuing

The unsurprising response to the Signal debacle.

The ineptitude is staggering.

You know, the meritocracy at work.

This week: early Marvel comics.

First thing we do, let’s intimidate all the lawyers.

The boxing great and grill pitchman is gone at 76.

Then process gets in the way of efficiency, kill the process.

Can we say the administration is putting people in camps?

Episode 6 dropped on Monday.

We are at least on the precipice.

“Let the Light In”

Here’s hoping!

Our long national nightmare (may be) over.

Small cruelties can add up to far larger ones.