Outside the Beltway

A Solomonic solution from the commentariat.

It’s time to accept the desecration of our political constitution.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

A fundamental building block of our system makes it nearly impossible to fix.

Statehood is on the ballot this November.

More on SCOTUS expansion and other issues.

Legitimacy hangs in the balance.

Perhaps a bit of a hot take.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

Two related discussions.

The iconic Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87.

Ignoring religious diversity makes polarization much worse.

Yet another grim milestone.

Is Trump really an outlier?

A defense of the indefensible.

Yet another twist in an ongoing saga.

President Trump is historically unpopular and has consistently trailed Joe Biden. He could still win.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

The Electoral College is once again having the opposite effect of what its defenders claim.

A potentially catastrophic delay has been averted.

Sorry, UC Irvine, as long as Navarro is on the faculty, no donations from this graduate.

Trump appears to have been shamed into doing part of his job.

More good news for Biden.

Thinking about wildfires and electoral politics.

A new poll shows meaningful shifts in public attitudes.

It will, however, be appealed to SCOTUS.

A pleasant surprise.

A party-line vote may scuttle mail-in voting in a crucial swing state.

Holding the president accountable is hard.

A game wherein one team has to score more points to win than does the other.

The two oldest major party nominees in American history are not inspiring great confidence.

The formula: promote an image until the jig is up.

The President admits that he intentionally downplayed the threat posed by the epidemic.

The AG is not supposed to be the President’s personal attorney.