Outside the Beltway

Plus some thoughts on mass deportation.

Time may change me, but I can’t trace time.

A Congressionally-mandated report finds “reasonable” evidence but acknowledges limitations.

The Western sphere widens.

People around the world are more skeptical about governing institutions.

A breakdown of new survey data.

Those seeking to escape the global south are facing resistance from DC to London to Paris.

A poll on Israeli support.

He is seeking a new regional consensus.

It’s a really bad method

Americans have taken the dominance of the Women’s National Team for granted.

An unintended consequence of the drug trade.

More on the US party system.

A brief foray into looking at Alabama state policy on fighting addiction.

Tales of threat assessment and media reactions.

Because sometimes the comment box is just too small.

Some quick hits.

He met with people. And, get this, with his father!

A group of extremists are stopped from instigating a riot.

Pop those tabs!

Some thoughts.

The first round produced two very different candidates.

Who gets to claim Latino heritage?

No, presidentialism does not lock us into two parties.

His attacks are, in fact, the best case for tenure.

Drug smuggling edition.

Counting is not necessarily as straightforward as it may seem.

Barbados provides an illustration of a frequently misunderstood concept.

A possible murder plot in Colombia embedded into a problematic multi-decade narrative.

The Biden admin is about to take a demilitarized group off the terrorist list and some people aren’t happy about it.

Several stories for your consumption.

Behind the CDC’s messaging debacle.

SLT talking Colombia.

More voice, more votes, more representation.

A problematically wide-open election in difficult times.

A bizarre case of bureaucratic ineptitude.

How well do single-seat districts lead to representation? (And of what?)

A story that is both unserious and yet emblematic of our age in a serious way.

Some reflections

Let me point you to a reform proposal.

Granted, there are more than two. But from a political science/political history POV, these two stick out in my mind.

But, still very bad.

Considering Breonna Taylor’s death, police shootings, and human rights.

Pondering lack of US interest in our friends to the south.

The pandemic is having serious effects in the region, and they will persist for some time.

In recent weeks the US has ramped-up pressure on Maduro.

Lack of control of label is lack of control, ultimately, of a party.

In the US, the candidate defines the party, not the other way around.