Outside the Beltway

A different take on our political realignment.

Plus some thoughts on mass deportation.

Our immigration policy is out of sync with our economy.

The court amplified its power at the expense of the administrative state.

The world’s largest democracy just became more democratic.

It depends.

Grouping House Members by their voting patterns.

If only we knew why Mississippi chose to join the Confederacy…

Rural Americans are misunderstood!

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.

A kerfuffle is brewing over the way the United States fights hunger in the global south.

A second Republican Speaker has reached across the aisle to avert a government shutdown.

West Virginia University may be the canary in the coal mine.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

The state Senate has amended the bill considerably.

The elite consensus that free trade would bring them around is gone.

We can’t find enough people to treat cows, pigs, and horses.

Washington has imposed a contract that workers rejected.

Local issues barely matter in Congressional races anymore.

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

Supply chain disruptions are contributing to crisis for 300 million people.

Another journalist has been fired for a cardinal sin.

A illustration from the Senate race in Georgia.

Political theater on the southern border.

An irresponsible Trump-era practice continues.

Children are starving and it’s partly our fault.

Working conditions rather than labor supply seems to be the issue.

Another example of structural racism.

The President announced a whopping 72 initiatives to rein in corporate power and lower prices.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

The 46th President has been busy signing proclamations signaling a new direction.

Some square pegs are being forced into some round holes for the sake of inclusion.

Racial and xenophobic rhetoric and Covid-19.

The bad news keeps on coming.

A real world illustration.

New polling shows that the American public does not support the President and his trade war.

President Trump said this morning that he’s fine with letting his trade war with the rest of the world continue all the way to the 2020 election.

With an eye on the trade war and the 2020 election, President Trump is increasing subsidies and mandates for corn-based ethanol.

Robert Mugabe led a nation to independence only to become a dictator who destroyed its economy, has died at the age of 95.

President Trump wants to make a deal.

Congressman Steve King has some rather unique views about human history.

Economic analysts are growing increasingly worried that the President’s trade war could push the world economy into recession, and take the American economy along with it.

President Trump announced a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods set to take effect on September 1st Another stupid move in a very dumb trade war.

WIth some signs pointing to a slowing global economy, and President Trump applying political pressure, the Federal Reserve reversed interest rate policy yesterday.

As early as Tuesday, Boris Johnson could be confirmed as the winner in the race for Tory leadership. This will make him the next British Prime Minister. Not everyone in the United Kingdom is thrilled about that idea.

The latest Federal Reserve report on the economy shows Trump’s trade policies are having an increasingly negative impact.

The Trump Administration is set to raise tariffs on more products from Europe, including Scotch Whisky and other alcoholic beverages as well as food products and other items.