Outside the Beltway

A game wherein one team has to score more points to win than does the other.

The two oldest major party nominees in American history are not inspiring great confidence.

The formula: promote an image until the jig is up.

The President admits that he intentionally downplayed the threat posed by the epidemic.

The AG is not supposed to be the President’s personal attorney.

What is more concerning, speculation and war games, or the words of POTUS?

Biden is polling well, and consistently so.

Our screwy electoral system requires thinking about screwy scenarios.

Media bias is real, but it isn’t what many claim it to be.

Trump basically confirmed all but one aspect of the Atlantic story.

As Election Day draws closer, the President is doubling down on stoking racial resentment.

American fascism is on parade, right now.

The latest FNC poll has more good news for Biden.

An uncharacteristic misstep by a seasoned pro.

Is shunning those without college degrees the last acceptable prejudice?

New numbers show more consistency.

My latest for Defense One.

Accuracy takes time.

Trump is less popular with the troops that one might assume.

The one-time wunderkind, blogging pioneer, and same-sex marriage champion is now on the outs.

Why roll with the facts when you can confuse your supporters with conspiracy theories?

The politics of protests.

Yet more flouting of the rule of law by the Trump administration.

Anonymous bullshit from the New York Post.

We’re winding down to Election Day. Where do we stand?

The platform decision is emblematic of a Trump-led party.

Some recommended reading.

This really is the heart of the issue.

A stark contrast.

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.