Outside the Beltway

An ongoing discussion.

Our present-day politics reminds us that the “unfinished work” of democracy is never fully complete.  

Resisting gaslighting must be social. It’s crucial for those who oppose Trump’s falsehoods to remind each other, again and again, that 2 + 2 = 4.

Just in case that wasn’t already obvious.

The illogical of MAGA.

A brilliant plan with absolutely no conceivable downsides.

Links related to various recent posts.

The culture seems to be shifting.

Spoiler: tariff threats and other “one weird trick” approaches won’t work.

When the abnormal ceases to be.

And the grotesqueness of the Trumpian response.

The legendary comedian is gone at 94.

Why public attitudes are lagging real world performane.

Democratic strategists are complaining that Biden is being too honest.

And you might ask yourself: “how did we get here?”

It’s a relative thing.

Anticompetitive practices in one of the most competitive of markets.

The pandemic ruined everything.

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

The longtime NPR host is gone at 76.

Are we leaving too many people behind?

Prices are way up, even though the CPI is back under control.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.