Outside the Beltway

Geek culture meets 70s variety TV. Much fun (?) ensues!

Presidents have wide latitude in this area but many say 47 is exceeding his authority.

Five years after their divorce, the UK and EU are rebuilding ties.

Scary news for the former President.

The country’s citizens are enduring power outages while Saudis are making deals for cutting-edge technology.

Non-college-educated White men remain happy.

What Trump and DOGE hath wrought.

Are you tired of the winning yet?

The place to report bugs and post “test” comments

A snapshot from Saudi Arabia.

A passing observation on the attempt to gift Trump a plane.

The Trump administration is trying to get a ruling on one issue while sidestepping the merits of the case.

A return to the question of age limits for office.

“Lurking”

A hypothetical for your consideration.

A lifetime ban now ends with death.

What it tells us about race and the Trump administration.

A 20% reduction would require massive changes in law and approach.

A temporary respite that doesn’t solve fundamental disagreements.

This week: monster movies of the 50s and 60s!

Don’t worry! Trade wars are good and are easy to win.

A series of orders impacting military education.

Habemus habeas corpus?

Arresting Newark Mayor Baraka is clearly a signal.

Who could have known?

Roughly a thousand will be discharged forthwith.

Spoiler: it is about the abuse of presidential power.

They wanted chaos but not this chaos.

“Dinner”

Robert Francis Prevost has been elected to head the Catholic Church

So little art; not really any deal.

Facts are stubborn things.

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

India and Pakistan are playing a dangerous game of tit for tat.

For reasons.