Outside the Beltway

Not surprisingly, it has been a bit contentious.

Guidance from WHO, CDC, and local governments differs widely and for good reason.

What we know about those arrested for the 6 January insurrection.

Eric Adams appears to have won a confusing race that isn’t quite over.

UNC’s loss is the nation’s most prestigious HBCU’s gain.

An ugly situation that’s getting uglier.

Some Democratic election observers think so.

He will challenge Greg Abbott for the GOP nomination.

Conservatives have lost it one generation at a time.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

Some people claim there’s a woman to blame.

Another 6-3 decision along ideological lines.

Short-term politics and long-term harm.

The southern one.

A lot of Americans think so.

New York Times columnists are not a representative sample.

When he said he wouldn’t sign it if it wasn’t accompanied by a second bill, he wasn’t implying that he would veto it if it wasn’t.

A bizarre development looks to upend it less than 24 hours after it was announced.

Public health shouldn’t be made into a partisan issue.

Critical race theory rears its ugly head yet again.

Details are quite scant at the moment.

It turns out a 51-50 Senate majority isn’t enough.

Are Sinema and Machin going to jump ship?

It’s no better than Joe Manchin’s.

Yet more evidence that we’re a nation divided.

Discussing the filibuster.

Kinda, sorta, maybe, but probably not really.

A pandemic and the rise of Zoom meetings unleashed an academic theory into the wild.

Or, you know, not.

A meaningless gesture that’s long overdue.

It passed the Senate unanimously.

And linkages to broader US politics.

He’s in the minority but promises to start obstructing again if that changes.

Yet another thing driving Americans apart.

You know, some light weekend thoughts.

Well, nothing of course.

One party is divided on how to govern and the other is united in not governing.

The question is: for how long and ultimately how much?

The project that has been on-again, off-again since 2008 seems to be off for good.

Even incredibly abnormal Presidents are Presidents.

The Commonwealth is much more diverse than national election returns might indicate.

The law and justice are frequently not the same thing.

The piling on continues.

Vague reporting makes it hard to know whether the latest scandal is scandalous.

Or, at least, he’s willing to kill democracy in order to save it.

Millions have health insurance who otherwise wouldn’t.

The post really isn’t about Sinema as much as it about a theory of poltiics.