Outside the Beltway

Gracious concessions are the norm except when they’re not.

Gridlock doesn’t mean government stops. It just shifts who is governing.

The utter smallness of Trump’s legal challenges to the election.

More sowing of doubt about electoral integrity without evidence.

Guess what they found?

” . . . to a second Trump Administration.” Get it?

Sowing doubt in the absence of evidence is corrosive.

A tale so bizarre it is hard to believe it is real.

While many are congratulating President-Elect Biden, too many are still following a loser.

How the EC affects our thinking.

“Now this campaign is over, what is the will of the people? What is our mandate?”

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

Look, either you believe in democracy or you don’t.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

Either democracy is sacred, or it’s not.

A lot to think about, not a lot of conclusions.

A brief video that puts the US in broader context.

The expectations game will be especially tricky this year.

Some thoughts on voter enthusiasm and EV scenarios.

More on a dangerous and disturbing incident in Texas

The iconoclastic journalist is out at the publication he founded.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

Some judicial alphabet soup in dialog with my co-blogger.

Thinking about what we might know on the night of the election.

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

If we embrace the Founders to justify the present, let’s think about what we are doing.

I couldn’t help myself.

Having the topic of political reform start to seep into pop culture is a good thing.

Definitions are fun, right?

The problem is real.

Considering Breonna Taylor’s death, police shootings, and human rights.

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

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

Statehood is on the ballot this November.

More on SCOTUS expansion and other issues.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

Two related discussions.

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

A defense of the indefensible.

Thinking about wildfires and electoral politics.

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

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

What is more concerning, speculation and war games, or the words of POTUS?

Our screwy electoral system requires thinking about screwy scenarios.

The one-time wunderkind, blogging pioneer, and same-sex marriage champion is now on the outs.

Yet more flouting of the rule of law by the Trump administration.

Some recommended reading.