Outside the Beltway

A thoughtful liberal argues the Justice has “altered and destroyed his legacy” by allowing Donald Trump to appoint his successor.

Trump’s deal-making prowess in NK and Iran isn’t too impressive.

There is a frustration and a growing sense that the American political system is illegitimate.

Trump uses an array of ugly language about immigrants. He pretends like he is just talking about MS13 but that is not the case.

Progressive enthusiasm for the notion that our governing framework is dynamic and ought be constantly updated by the judiciary is waning.

Rebutting the President’s routine prevarications merely spreads them. Is there an alternative?

Was one of the pioneering African-American entertainers a “house Negro”?

Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant in Virginia last night, and the incident raises questions of how far we should let politics infiltrate everyday life.

The dean of conservative columnists argues that the Republican Congress must be taught a lesson.

The crying Honduran girl who has become a symbol of a brutal policy actually is not one of its victims.

The President continues to enjoy enthusiastic support from the over-65 set.

The Trump administration’s approach to immigrant children is a serious test of our national morality.

In an exceedingly narrow ruling, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception. However, the ruling did not address the broader issues raised by the case.

President Trump’s attorneys have put forward a shockingly expansive view of the powers of the President.

Hours after she unleashed a racist Twitter tirade, Roseanne Barr has had her show canceled by ABC. Of course, ABC knew who it was doing business with well before today.

This President lies on a daily basis. It’s time to start calling him what he is.

President Trump has been tweeting up a storm since Sunday, raising a question. Should we view his Tweets as the rantings of a cranky old man, or as something more serious?

Robert Mueller has reportedly concluded that he cannot indict a sitting President. This is not a vindication of Trump, and merely upholds a conclusion that the Justice Department reached four decades ago.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

The incident involving Paul Ryan and the House Chaplain has raised some questions.

To paraphrase the late Dennis Green, he is who we thought he was. 

Andrew Sullivan wonders, “Will there always be an England?”

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

Solving the problems created by neighborhood-based schools isn’t going to be easy.

The Donald Trump presidency has some eerie parallels with his run on “The Apprentice.”

It’s a valid question, but one should also be careful about drawing conclusions based on how a person in Trump’s position acts.

The campaign-agnostic political science models predicted a toss-up in 2016 and again in 2020.

Ring Lardner said he would “rather write for the New Yorker at five cents a word than for Cosmopolitan at one dollar a word.” A century later, he’d be lucky to get those rates.

An attempt at defining the conversation.

White House service is usually a ticket to high-paying jobs in Washington. Not so for the current administration.

Controversies involving Jimmy Kimmel and “The Simpsons” highlight a perennial question.

President Trump isn’t reacting well to the raid on his attorney’s office.

The great negotiator in the White House is likely underestimating the tools available to Xi.

Argumentation without the intent to persuade is masturbation, not journalism.

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?

Old-fashioned notions of journalistic neutrality are chafing young reporters in the Age of Trump.

A blog post and resulting Twitter exchange point to a larger problem in our political dialog.

Johnetta Benton was caught on tape in a 15-minute rant against President Trump’s campaign slogan. She ain’t wrong.

If you recall your grade school civics, you already knew this.

A proposal that has no chance of passing may harm the movement he’s seeking to help.

Is Google acting as a good citizen here? Or abusing its market dominance?

Uh oh.

Joseph E. diGenova has touted the theory that rogue FBI elements have tried to frame Trump in the Russia probe.

Wisconsin-Stevens Point is shuttering 13 majors, including English, history, political science and sociology while expanding more job-oriented programs.

Individual races are idiosyncratic. But there are nonetheless some lessons here.

The British prime minister and outgoing US Secretary of State declared a red line crossed. There’s no reason to think this White House will follow through.

It is a fair question. But judging the Trump administration on tax cuts, Gorsuch, and the DJIA is to ignore a lot of profound problems.

Kids are more likely to be killed driving to school than shot while there. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try and prevent them.

North Korea’s Dear Leader has baited the President of the United States into a trap.

The Russia investigation rolls on with more evidence of questionable conduct on the part of Trump and his team.