Outside the Beltway

North Korea’s Dear Leader has baited the President of the United States into a trap.

The President’s fecklessness here is incredible. Either take these people out of sensitive posts or take the responsibility for granting them waivers. 

Mexico’s President canceled a visit to the United States for the second time since Donald Trump became President due to a continued disagreement over who will pay for Trump’s border wall.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s old.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready. And, yes, he’s running.

The military options thus far presented for dealing with the DPRK have not been satisfying.

Do yourself a favor and skip the State Of The Union Address tonight. You won’t be missing anything important.

Donald Trump’s latest Twitter rant is one of his most bizarre.

After forty years in the Senate, Orrin Hatch announced that he will not seek re-election this year, thus opening the door for Mitt Romney to succeed him.

We’re looking to inject some new life into an old blog.

Vladimir Putin will easily win re-election, but some are beginning to wonder who or what comes after him.

Donald Trump spends an inordinate amount of time watching television and regurgitating what he sees on Twitter. That’s not healthy.

The President’s job approval numbers remain at historic lows, while a growing number of Americans say that the country is headed in the wrong direction.

The Bergdahl case comes to an end.

After initially signaling support for a bill banning ‘bump stocks,’ Republicans in Congress now appear to be hoping someone else will act for them.

With his sentencing, the strange, strange saga of Anthony Weiner has come to an end. What a strange and wild ride it has been.

For the second time this year, there are rumors that Mitt Romney could run for Senator from Utah if Orrin Hatch decides to retire.

Hillary Clinton delivers the most obvious news ever.

No, the deal this week is not Trump becoming an independent.

A big change appears to have taken place in American cable news viewing habits.

On Trump’s anger.

Some Presidents knew how to respond to racism and hatred. The current President doesn’t.

Being a public servant, especially serving as President or in the White House in general, means you are going to be criticized, lampooned, ridiculed, and even “attacked.”

President Trump says he’d be willing to testify under oath in response to former F.B.I Director Comey’s accusations. That would be a mistake for several reasons.

Some thoughts on presidential interruptions.

In the immortal words of Warren Zevon, “Send lawyers, gun, and money. The shit has hit the fan.”

Donald Trump discovers reality.

Roy Moore, who is currently on suspension, has resigned as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in order to challenge Luther Strange for his seat in the US Senate.

The ordinary and the extraordinary with the latest SCOTUS nomination.

Republicans are going to find it difficult to distance themselves from Donald Trump.

After just over a week in office, Donald Trump already has a negative job approval number. That’s a modern record.

As with so many things, the President is demonstrating that he really doesn’t know what he is doing.

The answer is pretty straight-forward.

The number of faithless electors was both historical and trivial.

In the wake of the Democratic victory in the North Carolina Governor’s race, the Republican-controlled legislature has stripped the Governor’s office of significant power.

Political upheaval for an important Asian ally.

Another day, another EC fantasy,

Democracy produces good rulers, right?  Sometimes.  What good democracies actually produce best is good losers. Let us then be grateful for gracious losers, for our losers no less than our winners carry forward the American experiment in self-rule.  

If one believes the electoral college is awesome, one cannot make an argument from the position of “the wisdom of the Founders” nor from a viewpoint based on original intent.

The President-elect lost the popular vote. Legally, that is the way that is it. This is a disgrace for “the Greatest Democracy in the World.”

No, the Clinton dynasty isn’t dead just yet.

The candidate I voted for got more than 200,000 votes for president than the winner. I’m okay with that.