Outside the Beltway

For your consideration.

Hopefully answering a reader question (but probably just making it all worse).

More on primaries with a foray into Madison and the general politics of power-seekers and incentives.

Not so conservative.

The Ohio GOP Senate contest.

In other news, there’s gambling going on at Casablanca.

We’re mostly back to “normal” while yet another new strain is surging.

Nobody is keeping the gate.

“1 WTC”

At least not right away. But it’s quite possible by 2040.

The 45th President was a psychopath.

The role of American political institutions.

There are many barriers to true freedom.

The apparently eminent demise of abortion rights has reignited an old debate.

The Senator from Maine once against demonstrates that she shouldn’t be prognosticating about people’s future actions.

Another journalist has been fired for a cardinal sin.

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

People are resisting going back to the office.

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

When doing the right thing is the wrong thing.

A splendid idea but why stop there?

The legendary comic book artist is gone at 80.

A illustration from the Senate race in Georgia.

Vice President Harris gets better care than the average American. Cue the outrage!

Mitch McConnell and other senior Republican Senators foolishly believed their colleagues would do the right thing.

“Tufted Titmouse Says What?”

How rules shape the game.

Why would a group that claims it has evidence of ballot harvesting refuse to turn it over?

And yet the state still extracted their pound of flesh

Are retired officers on defense boards presumed liars?

Some 60% of us, including 75% of our children, have been infected.

Added historical context to ongoing conversations about American democracy.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

What are the limits of representation?

The Pope is indeed Catholic. The rest is up for debate.