Outside the Beltway

Thanksgiving is a giant contradiction, just like America

Our present-day politics reminds us that the “unfinished work” of democracy is never fully complete.  

The Trumpian Twilight Zone.

The slur “Trump Derangement Syndrome” unintentionally captures something real about our world.

Habemus habeas corpus?

When does Executive overreach become something more?

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and both Roosevelts pushed the envelope, too!

A surprising honor.

Was Marbury v. Madison a mistake?

US and regional leaders are hoping for a limited operation.

A massive follow-up to the exploding communications devices.

An oft-told tale turns out to be bullshit.

The legendary comedian is gone at 94.

Doubling down on the MAGA.

A relatively strong performance doesn’t change the narrative.

Are we betraying the Founders?

A high-stakes move.

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

The MAGA wing is driving us over a cliff.

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.

The “We Were Soldiers Once” author and his wife have been honored.

Don’t blame the primary author of The Federalist for our current mess.

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

Do last year’s words belong to last year’s language?

The laying out of the case begins.

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

A necessary but likely irrelevant gesture.

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

Too woke! Not woke enough!

It’s not getting any better, folks.

It passed the Senate unanimously.

A way-too-early assessment of how it’s going.

Biden’s America is a place and idea in which the trappings of empire or glory are ephemera in comparison with perennial human relationships—families; friendships; communities; schools; neighbors; partners.

A parting shot from the Trump administration.

Why isn’t Joe Biden President already?

Will he be a uniter or a divider?

Cops aren’t soldiers or spies but fellow citizens.

It’s just not immediate.

The President is desperate and unwell and the press is making no bones about it.

The line between “hero” and “victim” is blurry and rendered meaningless when the former is over-used

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

Despite denials and dismissals, it is clear that being an impeached President is getting under Trump’s skin.

By the end of today, Donald Trump will most likely be the third President of the United States to be impeached by the House of Representatives.

With her eyes on her political future in a GOP dominated by Trumpism, Nikki Haley is attempting to rewrite the history of one of the most significant events of her time as Governor of South Carolina.

Further evidence that the Republican Party has turned into a cult of personalty built around Donald Trump.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.

The time for sitting on the sidelines is over. Donald Trump cannot be allowed to get away with his usurpation of power, his disdain for the law, or his continued policies that have damaged the country.

In this case, Rich Lowry’s.