Outside the Beltway

The infuriating fight to authorize spending already-allocated money is back.

A modest regulatory change may have a big impact.

My (apparently) annual reflections on “The content of their character” day

A pending Supreme Court ruling could be more impactful than many realize.

Eric Adams is begging for the Federal Government for relief.

One of these is not like the other.

Ezra Klein has some thought on the Republican Party.

Open access to party labels has consequences.

A second stash has led to a special counsel and political embarrassment.

The race is on before the 89-year-old has announced her intentions.

Mike Pompeo’s PAC wants you to know that Mike Pompeo’s book is a “thriller with stories from the heart” of Mike Pompeo

Just like Trump’s except for every important detail.

Some thoughts on polling and the news since 2016.

Mostly about the majority party.

After 15 votes and innumerable concessions, Kevin McCarthy is nominally in charge of the House of Representatives.

Some amazing images.

An example of why its a good idea to wait for data before making policy decisions.

The Michigan Senator’s stepping down at a reasonable age shocked everyone.

The anti-McCarthy holdouts have no end game.

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

You gotta have the votes.

He is proving the opposite of his argument.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

More than a quarter of Americans know something that isn’t true.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

Castrating their party’s Speaker is not smart politics.

Pretty much.

There’s training on uncomfortable subjects. Oh noes!

The griftiness of it all is not surprising, but remains astounding.

Could it be that he was untruthful?

The Supreme Court may revisit a controversial criminal justice ruling.

Should Secretary Pete have done more?

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

As I have noted before: he betrayed his oath.

What Americans say they want in the Oval Office.

A perennial outrage.

“You can’t be against everything.”

It’s the spirit of the season.

Enrollments are down.

Republicans are dying at a much higher rate than Democrats.

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

Will discusses a nascent university and in doing so produced a cliched column about higher education.

Why a paper got the story right and no one paid attention and polls over opposition research

The January 6 Committee recommends invoking the Insurrection Clause.

The past just won’t let him be.

How an apparent serial fabulist got elected to Congress

His businesses make and lose a lot of money.

I went down the rabbit hole a tad…