Outside the Beltway

A hundred Senators actually didn’t mean to change our clocks.

If this is the best they have, they don’t have a lot

We may be on the verge half a century after our last experiment.

We can only hope.

Do you believe in miracles?

Thomas gets the ball rolling, and I take off from there.

The Court is out of balance–and it is a design flaw.

The BBC checks the facts.

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

Antiquated counting methods lead to misallocation of resources.

He’s tanned. He’s rested. Is he ready?

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

It would appear to be the case.

As predicted, rejections of ballots is up.

One can see the faintest hint of a backbone in the former Vice President.

The plans to replicate the chaos in the Great White North are not coming together.

The former President should have known that his claims of election fraud were baseless.

Most people liked it more than I did.

Some of his numbers are worse than even Donald Trump’s.

The front-runner was indeed the pick

An example of how lack of regulation leads to practices that damage public faith in policing

Right wing protestors are expected to attempt to create (more) gridlock in the capitol later today.

The Commonwealth’s undemocratic political system is, shockingly, unrepresentative of the will of its people.

Why clearing criminal records makes economic sense

The Democratic strategist and longtime talking head is gone at 73.

Greatest democracy in the world, right?

It seems that some Americans are relocating to be with people who share their social and cultural views.

Surprisingly, yes.

Data from Texas underscore a frequent point about primaries.

His attacks are, in fact, the best case for tenure.

Because of course he did.

Our system lacks accountability.

Musings about US politics and culture.

Former President Trump routinely broke the law with respect to protecting public records.

Two popular Republican governors have declined a chance to join the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body.

Better than nothing, but still not enough.

It’s Manchin-approved.

Out of a sense of fairness, I gave a listen.

Doing the right thing on 1/6/20 doesn’t absolve him of being a key Trump enabler.

New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Luján is hospitalized with a stroke.

Trump’s pardon offer is just another way to propagate the big lies about the election and 1/6.

The Biden administration is close to repairing the damage Trump caused.

In their censure of Cheney and Kinzinger the GOP wants to rewrite history.

A too-small step in the right direction.

I’m shocked, shocked, to find that this is happening here.

Since when is it a crime to say stupid things on “The View”?

Drip. Drip. Drip.