Outside the Beltway

Xenophobia’s cruel wages.

A podcast recommendation.

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

Some notes on House process and how it relates to recent and ongoing political news.

I guess if we fail to vaporize you, you get treated like a criminial.

Trump exploits our mistaken beliefs about crime to consolidate his power.

Stuck in the semi-public stage.

There is no obvious better state of the peace acceptable to both parties.

Many Democrats are worried about the fallout.

Shockingly, most people aren’t economists.

A long-overdue reform is meeting resistance.

It’s great for the well-off but increasingly problematic for the larger economy.

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

As widely expected, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles “CQ” Brown will become the nation’s top military officer.

Legal analysts are skeptical.

They’re all made out of ticky tacky. And they all look just the same

Washington has imposed a contract that workers rejected.

The investigation produced mounds of evidence. Will it matter?

A new meme started by Republican leaders is mostly false.

Sometimes people just change jobs.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

An example of security theater with proven negative social impacts