Outside the Beltway

Trump’s approach from the beginning has been reality-denying. It makes it difficult to take anything the administration proposed seriously.

In his own words

(Alternative title: Narcissist-in-Chief III)

This could be a very long series.

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos alone have lost $15 billion in net worth since January.

Why the ‘moral majority’ is willing to tolerate so much immorality from their leader.

The greatest crisis the nation has faced in my lifetime.

Looking back at my predictions about the 2020 Democratic race.

We may be seeing the beginning of the end.

Republicans are half as likely to take the outbreak seriously.

A quick follow-up.

The races are more alike—and yet more different—than we seem to remember.

Four highly-qualified (and two less-qualified) women ran and lost in 2020.

She lost in both of her home states. She shouldn’t be embarrassed.

The women, minority, and non-geriatric candidates have been all but eliminated from the race.

She’s continuing to swing at the candidates beating her at the polls.

A discussion of what #NeverTrump means, on Sanders v. Trump, and some about the philosophy of voting.

Donald Trump is once again trying to deflect reality.

The similarities are rather obvious. But the differences matter.

Bloomberg waffles on China while Sanders has a soft spot for Castro.

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

Moscow helped Trump in 2016. Do they want him back?

There’s no way to catch him in a six-candidate field.

We’re going to make history one way or another in November.

Primaries are not all they are cracked up to be.

The wrong people are choosing the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.

Democrats say they want an candidate who is electable.

There was not a singular “winner” last night, so we need to stop talking like there was.

The plurality of New Hampshire voters are unaffiliated. Should they all stay at home?

How is the mayor of a modest-sized Midwestern city doing as well as he has?

There’s a campaign to encourage anti-Trump Republicans and independents to vote in New Hampshire.

Is there a new frontrunner?

A recurring source of friction in the OTB conversation.

The State of the Union is petulant.

(At least the removal part)

Has this precedent permanently damaged the country? Or is it just politics as usual?

A binary choice will produce a worse outcome than necessary.

What difference at this point does it make?

One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

The Republicans are playing a different game.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

A political scientist argues that college-educated intellectuals are doing politics wrong.

Feel free to discuss the quiz and/or share your results in the comments.

A bit more about the mechanics of the comments section.

More conversation about moderated conversations.

More on presidential nonsense with a brief diversion into blogging philosophy.

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

President Trump has a huge decision to make.