Outside the Beltway

An unsurprising win in the Pelican State.

New information raises serious questions about the integrity of the 2016 elections, and about Donald Trump and his supporters.

Another conflict of interest for President-Elect Trump.

Political upheaval for an important Asian ally.

Godspeed, John Glenn.

Notwithstanding the election results, support for eliminating the Electoral College is at a 20-year low.

As things stand, Democrats will have a hard time winning back control in the Senate in 2018.

Three of the top four national security positions in Donald Trump’s Cabinet will be filled by retired Generals. This isn’t necessarily a good thing.

In the end, there was no other logical choice.

Despite a video that clearly shows what appears to be cold-blooded murder, the trial of a South Carolina cop who shot an African-American man in the back while he ran away ended in a hung jury. Fortunately, this isn’t the end of the road.

Another day, another EC fantasy,

I’m in the New York Times’ “Room for Debate” with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Duke’s Peter Feaver.

An odd choice for HUD Secretary.

Another name may be on the short list for Secretary of State.

Another month of solid but not spectacular jobs growth seems to guarantee that the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates this month.

To the surprise of nobody who paid attention, Nancy Pelosi won re-election as leader of the House Democrats.

Donald Trump says he will ‘leave his business,’ but is providing very few details and continuing to leave the impression that he will enter office with more conflicts of interest than any previous President in American history.

His actions illustration how well the EC process is institutionalized.

Donald Trump resurrects an old debate and desecrates the Constitution in the process.

The players are almost completely set for France’s 2017 Presidential elections, and the choice seems likely to come down to center-right candidate Francois Fillon and Marine Le Pen, France’s Donald Trump.

Neither President Obama nor Vice-President Biden will attend Fidel Castro’s funeral.

Those who voted for him thinking he would be guided or controlled by more sober individuals or that he would start acting presidential once elected: you were wrong.

Just 1,436 days until Election Day 2020!

He has a fool for a client.

Donald Trump claims he won an Electoral College landslide. This is a bald-faced lie.

Now Donald Trump is alleging that the 2016 Election was tainted by ‘illegal voting,’ even though he won!

Now, the road to trial will move forward.

One of the Cold War era’s last dictators has finally died.

An airline traveler wanted his fellow passengers to know that he was a supporter of the president-elect.

An irrelevant candidate is triggering a recount in three states Trump won by substantial margins.

Debunked!

For Donald Trump, it appears that ignorance is bliss.

No, the EC is not going to elect Clinton.

Rest In Peace, Mrs. Brady.

Happy Thanksgiving!

As God is my witness……..

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.