Outside the Beltway

An interesting if frustrating new survey from Cato.

The lousy hybrid option has been scrapped in favor of a worthless virtual one.

The hopes of football in the fall are fading fast.

A marked rise in shooting deaths is going largely unnoticed.

The writing is on the wall for simple-majority voting in the Senate.

The President didn’t want to hear about bad behavior from Moscow, so he wasn’t told.

Joementum.

Something significant was going to happen to Tulsa. Who could have predicted a genre shift?

The Commonwealth is the first state in the nation to issue regulations.

We’re unlikely to know who wins the November elections right away.

The Senator from Minnesota is no longer a candidate for Vice President.

Balancing social justice and criminal justice in a politically charged environment.

This is more about structural conditions than it is about the GOP.

Trump fires another Inspector General.

Ego trumps all?

Exactly the opposite of what we need in a crisis.

Despite our poor showing against COVID-19, we have the best infrastructure in place.

Whocouldanode?

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

There’s very little upside.

The former VP is focused on beating Bernie Sanders but his team is looking ahead.

A prudent, if overdue, warning.

Is being ruled by the elderly a bad thing?

A partial rejoinder.

There’s a disturbing pattern of misogyny from his supporters.

Most national pundits saw it differently than I did.

The mega-billionaire commits to a path quite different from the fake billionaire currently in office.

Unprecedented spending since leaving City Hall has put him in a unique position.

Several trends are pointing in a new direction.

Nobody even agrees on what baselines to use.

America’s mayor talks like a snake oil salesman/conman.

The media coverage continues on script.

(At least the removal part)

Incentives matter.

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

After months of silence, Maine Senator Susan Collins has announced that she is running for a fifth term in office.

Democrats who could prove to be vulnerable in 2020 are largely lining up in favor of impeaching the President.

Two Federal Courts have blocked the Administration from diverting Defense Department funds to pay for the President’s border wall

An interesting albeit dubious selection for Person of the Year.

November saw much higher jobs growth than economic analysts were expecting, but it could just be a statistical blip.

A Justice Department official who had the courage to stand up to the President has died at the age of 87.

Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman is running to get his old job back.

Tuesday’s elections continued a trend in which Republicans have lost support among suburban voters, even in deeply red states. Guess who’s responsible for that.

Kamala Harris’s Presidential race continues to his bumpy roads.

Beto O;Rourke finally faces reality.

October’s jobs report came back better than expected but hardly something to cheer.

Facing a cash crunch, Kamala Harris is shedding campaign staff and cutting spending. This seldom ends well.

Brits will head to the polls for the fourth time in four years with the future of Brexit on the ballot.