Outside the Beltway

Oligarchy and populism don’t mix.

There’s a glaring gap in my information consumption.

A look back at two decades of blogging.

Original blogger AllahPundit is leaving Hot Air after 16 years.

Two NeverTrump Republicans have had enough.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

Institutional reform is necessary, but we can’t accomplish much in the face of tribalism.

Can there be truth when there are consequences?

A recurring source of friction in the OTB conversation.

Former President Obama called out so-called ‘woke’ culture in a talk late last week.

A WaPo writer takes a round-about path to demonstrate the obvious.

Free expression sometimes enables horrible crimes. How does a free society deal with that tension?

President Trump’s impending decision to declare a national emergency to get funding for his border wall will quickly face serious legal challenges. It may be more vulnerable than the White House suspects.

President Trump now appears to accept the compromise worked out by Congress to avoid another shutdown even though he’s not pleased with it.

Congress appears to be near a deal on border security and government funding, but it’s unclear if the President will be on board.

Regardless of whether or not you think Nancy Pelosi won the government shutdown, Donald Trump clearly lost.

President Trump has backed down in his showdown with Speaker Pelosi over the State of the Union Address, but that does nothing to bring us closer to a resolution of the government shutdown.

The initial reaction to President Trump’s proposal to reopen the government is not going over well on either side of the aisle.

President Trump put an offer on the table to end the shutdown, the question is whether it will actually lead anywhere.

New polling seems to indicate that President Trump is losing support among an important part of his base.

After twenty-five days, there’s no end in sight to the Federal Government shutdown. You can thank the President for that.

If you’re looking for the biggest obstacle to a resolution to the government shutdown, look no further than President Donald J. Trump.

The government shutdown has now entered historic territory, and the Trump Administration is moving closer to a “national emergency” or other extra-legal means to get money for his wall.

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

With Congress out of town until at least Thursday and negotiations apparently deadlocked, the White House is saying it’s likely the shutdown will last into 2019.

With just hours to go, a partial government shutdown is becoming more and more likely.

The Senate passed a bill that keeps the government funded through the beginning of February, but fails to provide any funding for the President’s border wall.

America’s tradition of unlimited free expression increases the danger of violence.

The legal fight over DACA could end up posing problems for Republicans in November.

Conservatives claim to support freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but they’ve utterly failed that test when it comes to their reaction to players who peacefully and respectfully kneel during the National Anthem.

In the wake of the latest attack on Syria, some of the President’s strongest supporters seem shocked to discover that the unprincipled egomaniac they supported is, in fact, an unprincipled egomaniac.

A horrible terror attack in Egypt.

Trump makes a DACA deal, apparently.

Even the most offensive speech is protected by the First Amendment.

Inconceivably, Steve Bannon thought that clashing with President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law was a good idea. He’s likely learned his lesson now.

Milo Yiannopoulos was a troll and a peddler in offensiveness, but the fact that he became a star on the American right was the result of a transformation of American conservatism that has been entirely unhealthy.

Donald Trump is signaling a big shift in his immigration position.

Answering a question that gets a lot.

Sarah Palin has joined such luminaries as Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, and former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke in endorsing Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim immigration plan.

Even if Donald Trump isn’t the Republican nominee in 2016, he could still end up causing real harm to the party’s chances of winning the White House and holding on to the Senate.

Donald Trump’s immigration plan is would create a police state, violate people’s rights, and hurt America’s economy. And his supporters will most likely love it.

Once again, Donald Trump is succeeding because he is saying things many Republicans agree with.

Contrary to what Donald Trump claims, immigrants are less likely to commit crime than others.

The NYT has left Ted Cruz’ new book off its bestseller list, despite it selling more copies than 18 of 20 titles on said list.

My latest for The Hill, “America Comes to Soccer,” has posted.

If conservatives actually believed what they said they do, they would be much more open to immigrants, and immigration reform.

Ann Coulter: a blonder version of Pat Buchanan