Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump’s “Winter White House,” which has effectively become a “Weekend White House,” is basically selling access to the President.

DeVos plays to the CPAC crowd, but insults higher education.

Independent of the current controversy surrounding President Trump’s immigration order, Republicans in Congress are looking at a plan to break up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

It’s not all peaches and cream for pretty young women.

Despite a video that clearly shows what appears to be cold-blooded murder, the trial of a South Carolina cop who shot an African-American man in the back while he ran away ended in a hung jury. Fortunately, this isn’t the end of the road.

Trying to make sense of that which makes no sense.

The Supreme Court begins another term faced with the prospect of having to spend much of their time dealing with the fact that they’re short a member.

The election is now fifty-six days away and, while the race is tighter than it has been, it’s still one in which Hillary Clinton has seemingly all the advantages.

Donald Trump has spent more time recently attacking the news media than anything else. He ought to be condemned for it.

After four straight losses, prosecutors in Baltimore are throwing in the towel in the Freddie Gray case.

The second night of the Democratic Convention seemed much calmer than the first, as the Clinton campaign moves forward toward the biggest speech of Hillary Clinton’s life.

Donald Trump has had a bad June, and it’s showing in the poll numbers.

The Supreme Court has once again issued a ruling that further chips away at the protections of the Fourth Amendment.

Donald Trump has claimed that the Judge presiding over the Trump University lawsuits is biased against him, but there’s absolutely no evidence to support this argument.

The cartoonist and student of human psychology is fascinated by the con artist who would be president.

In case anyone noticed: I got the Trump nomination wrong.

Several recent polls have shown the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tightening, but it likely means far less than the media hype makes it sound like.

Donald Trump takes his war with Fox News Channel up a notch, saying he won’t participate in Thursday’s Republican Presidential Debate.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal in what is guaranteed to be a high profile case heading into the 2016 elections.

The decision by a Cleveland Grand Jury to decline to indict a police officer in the shooting of 12 year old Tamir Rice raises once again questions about how the law handles shootings involving police officers.

People don’t much care whether information supporting their prejudices is true.

Polling shows that most Americans oppose Donald Trump’s plan to bar Muslim’s from immigrating to the United States, but Republicans are far more receptive to the idea.

The Justice Department has launched a widespread investigation into the operation of the Chicago Police Department in the wake of the murder of LaQuan McDonald.

As we deal with the fall out from the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, we need remember the years after September 11th, 2001 and avoid holding an entire religion responsible for the actions of fanatics.

Ratings slipped for last night’s debate, but the numbers were still very respectable.

As Ben Carson rises in the polls, it’s worth noting his many examples of having what can only be called a very odd relationship with truth and the basic facts of history.

Houston voters rejected a broad anti-discrimination law largely due to a campaign that focused almost exclusively on concerns about transgender rights.

In the wake of Wednesday’s debate, the Republican National Committee has suspended its partnership in a planned February debate with NBC News and Spanish language network Telemundo.

One unqualified outsider with a history of saying outrageous things replaces another unqualified outsider with a history of saying outrageous things, at least according to yet another new poll.

Instead of eliminating the Department of Education, Ben Carson wants to give it a new, bizarre, and dangerous mission.

Up to 13 people are dead and as many 20 injured after another mass shooting on a college campus.

Removing the responsibility to investigate police misconduct from the prosecutors who have to work with those police on a daily basis is a good idea.

Dylann Roof has been indicted in Federal Court for completely unnecessary reasons.

The winners of the Women’s World Cup will get paid far less than the men that played last year, but that’s not because of sexism.

He’s second in national polls!

The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to wade back into the thorny issue of race and higher education.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who was refused a job because of her hijab.

Despite a veto from the state’s Governor, today Nebraska became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Hopefully, others will follow.

Republicans could learn a few things from the Tory victory in the recent British elections, but they are in danger of drawing the wrong conclusions.

Ray Mabus is trying to make serving in the Navy and Marine Corps more attractive to women.

The Baltimore Police Department will finally be under the Federal microscope. But it took the death of Freddie Gray for it happen.

In a marked departure from recent cases, the Supreme Court rules that states can impose significant restriction on solicitation of campaign contributions in judicial elections.

Some observations about Stewart’s interview (and some digression from me–okay, a lot of digression by me).

The Republican frontrunner claims he doesn’t read America’s most important newspaper.

A new Justice Department report has found widespread racial bias in the Ferguson Police Department, but it’s a problem that goes far beyond one Missouri suburb.

Some preliminary thoughts on the inaugural college playoff system.