Outside the Beltway

A study of 29 countries shows the impact of the pandemic.

The largest adjustment since the tax code was indexed in 1985.

A former dissertation advisor and two Army War College professors are speaking out against the gubernatorial candidate.

Three-and-a-half years and almost 6 million tax dollars have produced nothing.

Linking to a piece I wrote for The Conversation.

He’s using a tool he denounced as cruel to deal with a humanitarian crisis.

A thought inspired by the PA Senate race.

Another example of the arbitrariness of the death penaly

The investigation produced mounds of evidence. Will it matter?

It would be nice if the legislature represented the voters and whatnot.

A dramatic if likely symbolic move.

Hope is not a COA.

31 of the 35 Senate races next month are noncompetititve.

An example of rationalization.

And a reminder of the role of political parties.

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

Voting isn’t just about candidates.

Tudor’s down. No laughing or drinking, just a crippled party.

Georgia Republicans didn’t violate the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act.

Candidate quality can matter.

Cable news v. court edition.

If you haven’t actually seen the clip, here you go.

The reactionary press is once again misrepresenting diversity training.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

Makin’ his way the only way he knows how, that’s just a little bit more than the law will allow.

A lot of folks who study democracy have sent an open letter to Congress.

Mary Peltola’s election was a milestone for America’s First Peoples.

The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.

A song and some passing thoughts on supermarket tabloids.

The Department of Justice takes an utterly unsurprising, but important step in the Mar-a-lago document case

Wherein I take issue with a charactization made by Tom Nichols and discuss the politics of language.

The fading tabloid still has significant influence.

A shameful stunt reminiscent of an even darker era.

The former president shopped for the right judge.

A sweet story gets a wee bit more complicated.

This is just playing crass political games with human beings.

It goes deeper than base names.

Manipulating public opinion with dubious survey research.

He’s proposed a bill with no chance of passage seemingly timed to hurt his own party in the midterms.

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

They could be overstating support for Democrats. Or understating it. Or be more or less right.

Roberts may not like it, but SCOTUS is political and does have a legitimacy problem.

Is that right? If so, is it reasonable?

And a reminder about Bannon’s wall grift.

More details from the Alaska special election.

For the first time in a long time, Presidential approval numbers and voter preferences aren’t’ aligned.

I warned you all, my predictions are notoriously wrong.

Focusing just on a given election is missing the big picture.

President Biden had a meeting with some historians. The horrors.