Outside the Beltway

The election is now fifty-six days away and, while the race is tighter than it has been, it’s still one in which Hillary Clinton has seemingly all the advantages.

Clinton stumbles and leaves an event early, leading to the news that her campaign has been withholding health information from the press.

The sense of national ‘unity’ that existed in the wake of the September 11th attacks didn’t last for very long.

The minimum wage has been a big part of this year’s election cycle, mainly due to Bernie Sander’s campaign and his idea of a national minimum wage. There has been lots of discussion of this, but most of it is just, well, bad. There are really two things that one can point to as to why wages above the market wage can be good.

The United States and Russia have reached an agreement to end fighting in Syria, but it seems unlikely to succeed given that it doesn’t involve the parties actually doing the fighting.

North Korea continues to advance its nuclear program but it’s unclear what anyone can do about it.

David Brooks thinks American politics “Could get ugly” before the ship gets righted.

Donald Trump’s admiration and praise for the dictatorial leader of Russia should be sufficient reason to disqualify him from being President of the United States.

North Korea conducts yet another nuclear weapons test, and it’s unclear what anyone can do to stop them.

House Republicans are vowing to continue their investigations even if Hillary Clinton wins the White House.

The idea that Donald Trump has gotten his racialized rhetoric from libertarians is simply errant nonsense. The libertarian view, broadly speaking, is not defined by Murray Rothbard, Llewellyn Rockwell, and Ron Paul and those who share their views. This is but a small and even fringe group of what could be called the libertarian community.

After a unanimous Supreme Court victory, Bob McDonnell won’t be facing another corruption trial.

Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Gary Johnson doesn’t get much national press attention, and it doesn’t help when he flubs an answer like he did this morning.

Athletes are sitting out the Star Spangled Banner to air their grievances. Management is pushing back.

A long way off, but there are some important pre-trial matters to resolve between now and then.

Evan McMullin’s quixotic campaign for President continues.

Roger Ailes’s sexual harassment has led to Fox News paying out some big dollars.

It’s the traditional start of the campaign season, and the race for President is getting close, at least at the national level.

Who knew Tim “The Toolman” Taylor was a columinist at NRO? (Will kids these days get that reference?).

An amplification on the question of likability.

Another poll shows that Latino voters are set to reject Donald Trump in record numbers, and now they’re turning against the GOP.

Blue feelings matter.

Another set of revelations shows that the Clinton campaign has yet to put the email story behind it.

A Trump surrogate warns of a “taco truck on every corner” if Trump loses. That sounds like more of a promise than a threat if you ask me.

A mostly mediocre jobs report for August.

If you want to volunteer for Donald Trump, you’ll have to agree to never disparage Trump, his family, his campaign, or any of his businesses. Forever.

In a ruling that could have a real impact on the 2016 election, the Supreme Court has declined to grant a stay to a lower court ruling striking down a North Carolina law that tightened Voter ID laws and restricted early voting.

After some two weeks in which it seemed like he might be moderating, Donald Trump doubled down on the most anti-immigrant portions of his immigration plan.

Comments from one Republican Senator are raising the possibility we could see hearings and a vote on Merrick Garland during the post-election lame duck session of Congress.

As expected, John McCain easily defeated his primary opponent yesterday.

As expected, Marco Rubio easily won the primary for his Senate seat. The General Election battle, though, promises to be more difficult.

With ten weeks to go ,there’s been some tightening in the polls but Hillary Clinton continues to maintain a commanding lead in the race for the White House.

This is not exactly what Rick Perry had hoped he’d be doing this fall.

A skilled comedian and unlikely leading man has passed away at the age of 83.

John McCain is bidding for a sixth term in office, with a challenge from the right in tomorrow’s primary and Donald Trump at the top of the ticket in November.

Much like their predecessors, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have released only limited information about their health. It may be time for that to change.