Outside the Beltway

The NBA playoffs have been hit with a work stoppage.

The Republican Party is now the mirror image of the totalitarian propagandists it used to hate.

The Republicans are putting on quite a show.

Or, more accurately, the president should not use false hope to try and bolster his political image.

To spend more time with her family.

A partial response in the context of a complex topic.

A short speech by a young man underscores a massive contrast in the candidates.

The best people.

An appeal to some pretty basic virtues.

Yet another call for military intervention in domestic politics.

The official campaign to oust Donald Trump is off to a good start.

Institutional reform is necessary, but we can’t accomplish much in the face of tribalism.

A retired admiral warns that the President is undermining our institutions.

Sloppy thinking by those who object to vote-by-mail.

Ok, so what should change?

The American political system is broken but it’s not fair to blame that on its architects.

The convergence of design flaws in the constitution and a flawed leader have brought us to brink of an electoral crisis.

Policy failures by the US government have neutered US passports for the foreseeable future.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

More evidence that we are under-counting deaths due to Covid-19.

Because sometimes you have to laugh, lest ye cry.

We’ve removing mail sorting machines just in time for mail-in voting.

I’ve been thinking it wrong for years.

There are different, and not equally good, reasons to talk about labels.

Joe Biden’s running mate will be highly scrutinized. What’s fair game?

A choice that’s both historic and unsurprising.

A quick overview and some examples to start a longer conversation.

What would a reborn GOP look like and who would vote for it?

To mix cultural references: less than meets the eye.

A column is getting negative attention for all the wrong reasons

Remember how people used to think he was playing multi-dimensional chess?

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

Joe Biden has either narrowed down his choice for running mate down to two women or he hasn’t.

Our response to Covid-19 has been exceptional in all the wrong ways.

The President has hit rock bottom.

Will we ever be satisfied?

Yet another incumbent has lost his primary contest.

An open Senate race is now much more likely to stay Republican.

The simplism is strong.

A clip from Trump’s Axios interview shows a man who really does not understand what is going on.

Trump’s nonsense campaign against vote-by-mail could cost the GOP votes.

Framing matters.

The rules are different if you’re famous.

The AG is Trump’s lawyer, not ours.

Having failed to prevent or contain it, aggressive stupidity is now washing over us.

The President may be right on voting by mail.

McConnell and McCarthy both reject the notion of a delay.

Trump’s irresponsibility continues.

An ambitious veepable. What a concept!

Trump made up an invitation to throw out the first pitch.