Outside the Beltway

The downfall of Andrew Cuomo shines a light on toxic workplaces and governance styles.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

Debunking urban legends and Internet rumors is harder than it used to be.

The distance in accountability between the highest and the lowest must be shortened.

House Democrats have done what their Republican colleagues refused to do.

AOC v. MTG: one of these things is not like the other.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

The 45th President will go down in infamy, setting a record that’s unlikely to be broken.

The live coverage of Wednesday’s assault on American democracy underplayed its seriousness.

It’s easy to mismanage what we don’t have to see.

Meanwhile, a report states that a Trump admin official pushed infections to promote herd immunity.

A shadowy flight into the realm of evidence that does not exist.

Why isn’t Joe Biden President already?

A shameful farce continues to unfold.

The man behind the 1998 embassy attacks is dead.

They are standing by as ordered.

Is Trump really an outlier?

Pondering lack of US interest in our friends to the south.

There are different, and not equally good, reasons to talk about labels.

Shame on him for defending authoritarian actions.

Cops aren’t soldiers or spies but fellow citizens.

The trend line shifted this week.

As scary as the Cold War was, it did reduce the silliness in American politics.

The President has reportedly invoked the Insurrection Act.

Are those who die in our wars more deserving than those who die in our stores?

Yet another grim milestone.

A hero of the Afghan War has succumbed to cancer, aged 41.

A seemingly innocent black man has been killed, sparking a wave of outrage.

More Americans are out of work than at any time since the Great Depression.

And some notes on Trump’s media exposure.

Another grim milestone.

Another grim milestone

A startling statistic.

The disease has killed three times the September 11 attacks in the last week.

Social distancing is helping but too many aren’t taking it seriously enough.

We’re passing grim milestones on a daily basis.

The President seems to be enjoying a mild rally effect.

The President tweeted, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

Too many people still don’t understand the idea behind ‘flattening the curve.’ That includes our President.

Is this our Rock Hudson moment?

The greatest crisis the nation has faced in my lifetime.

It’s not clear what has been achieved.

Speaking of xenophobia.

The clear winner was Donald Trump.

America’s mayor talks like a snake oil salesman/conman.

A recurring source of friction in the OTB conversation.

A legendary newsman has passed.

If your case needs a 9/11 boost, perhaps your case is weak.

A new report details the extent to which the eighteen-year Afghanistan War has been marked by mistakes, and lies by the government to cover-up the fact that we went to war without a clear understanding of what we were doing.

Especially Senate inaction.