Outside the Beltway

I am a sucker for a good People’s Front of Judea riff.

Herb Kelleher, who helped found an airline that revolutionized the industry thanks to his unconventional choices, has died at the age of 87.

Terrorists aren’t walking across the desert to get here. Flying is so much easier.

As the shutdown drags on, the President is digging in his heels even further.

Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is the second Republican to announce his retirement, but his seat should remain safely red.

Several states are getting rid of caucuses in favor of primaries, a move that could be to the disadvantage of candidates like Bernie Sanders.

Former Senator and Denocratic Presidential candidate Jim Webb is reportedly being considered for Defense Secretary.

Washington has become the latest state to ban the sale of semiautomatic assault rifles to persons under 21.

As the shutdown drags on, Mitch McConnell finds himself facing pressure from the White House and from members of his own caucus.

December’s Jobs Report blew past expectations to show more than 300,000 jobs created.

In a late first-day session, Congress passed a series of bills designed to reopen most of the government, but they’re already ‘dead on arrival’ in the Senate.

Happy Friday, Happy New Year!

Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of The House again after eight years out of power, but there’s little time for her to celebrate.

Three and a half years after its flyby of Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft has reached the furthest distant object ever visited by a man-made craft.

One-half of a pop music icon in the 70’s, the Captain has passed away.

Not surprisingly, President Trump significantly accelerated the pace of his lies in 2018.

With Democrats set to take control of Congress today, a resolution to the shutdown doesn’t appear to be any closer.

It is sincerely disturbing that the POTUS has this level of understanding of history and foreign policy.

In his annual message, Kim Jong Un sent a message to President Trump on denuclearization and the future of the Korean Peninsula.

Before even taking office, Mitt Romney is taking on the President. It’s a good sign, but we’ll see what it leads to.

The President is blaming Democrats for the fact that so many of his Ambassadors have not been confirmed. The truth, of course, is quite the opposite.

The longer the shutdown goes on, the wider its impact is likely to become.

President Trump began 2019 pretty much how he ended 2018, with irrational rants on Twitter.

That’s not how it works.

Milestones and memories from one in the books. Happy New Year to you all.

Democrats have unveiled what appears as if it will be their first effort to end the shutdown, but there are already signs Republicans will reject it.

President Trump is now threatening to close the border if he doesn’t get funding for his border wall.

Begun, the 2020 campaign has.

As 2018 draws to a close, there’s no sign that the government shutdown will end any time soon.

California is set up throw a huge curve ball into the 2020 Presidential nomination fight.

New polling indicates that President Trump is getting the blame for the ongoing government shutdown.

The TPP is about to go into effect without the US.

My mother has passed, aged 75 years.

Happy Friday.

I’m not saying it was aliens, but……..

A new law set to take effect in Utah before the New Year will lower the BAC limit for drunk driving by 40% to .05. Will the rest of the nation follow?

Congress will not be returning to Washington until some time next week. Thus guaranteeing that this shutdown will last at least through January 3rd.

The fact that this President is a congenital liar is well-known. The actual number of lies less than two years into his Presidency, though, is astounding.

Faced with the prospect of a large field like the one Republicans had in 2016, Democrats are trying to figure out how to handle debates. So far, the ideas being put forward are as bad as what the GOP ended up doing.

Is it possible that the solution to the government shutdown is letting the President pretend he got funding for his border wall even though he didn’t?

The numbers should guide policy, not silly symbols.

Good news for Notorious RBG.

With the economy appearing to sour, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is quickly becoming the President’s latest target of criticism.

The Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the Trump Administration to have an injunction against its new asylum policy lifted.

Christmas is behind us, but don’t expect any progress when it comes to the government shutdown, which is in its fifth day.

President Trump tried to get into the Christmas spirit last night. He failed.

The damage done for Mickey Mouse in the name of Sony Bono is finally coming to an end.

Fifty years ago tonight, one of the most iconic photos in history was taken.

More evidence that Trump does not know what he is doing.