Outside the Beltway

Are some of us more American than others?

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.