Outside the Beltway

The vagaries of our Presidential election mechanism gave us a surprising result in 2016. That’s unlikely this year.

The architect of the plan admits he was wrong.

My latest at War on the Rocks.

The contrast could not be more clear.

Are those who die in our wars more deserving than those who die in our stores?

A surprisingly slow response from a governor who has been proactive during the crisis.

Yet another grim milestone.

The pandemic is highlighting an international shame.

Should government be taking harsher measures against smoking, car crashes, and the flu?

All the deaths are fit to print.

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

The venerable magazine is following industry trends. Is the billionaire owner a monster?

A new study finds earlier lockdowns could have saved 54,000 lives by early May.

Two new studies bring more questions than answers.

You can guess the rest.

Vastly more people died than needed to and the economy still crashed.

A new study estimates how many lives were saved in 30 American cities.

Pandemonium during a pandemic.

Another grim milestone

Some global comparisons.

Wrongheaded thinking about the pandemic won’t go away.

He is claiming his response to Covid-19 is better than the previous administration’s response to H1N1

Things are going to get better. And far worse.

The status quo ante is not just waiting for us around the corner.

A report outlining steps for re-opening the economy in the wake of COVID-19 has been leaked to the press.

We’re a long, long way from normal.

“Will some people be affected badly? Yes.”

A sober assessment of President Trump’s plan to get the country running again.

A useful graph from WaPo

More on Covid-19 and the flu.

Data collection and analysis takes time.

This isn’t how it is supposed to work.

Some inchorent musings about a massive question.

Another grim milestone. It won’t be the last.

Until our kids go back to school, we can’t go back to work.

The counting methodology is flawed and that’s assuming honest reporting.

The policy choices before us are not a dichotomy between off and on.

It’s about damned time.

A seemingly impossible coincidence.

No. Just no.

This isn’t likely to end any time soon.

Contrary to some expectations, Americans are logging three extra hours of work a day.

Harsh. But fair?

Trump made some odd suggestions on today’s Aló Presidente.

Thoughts on Biden’s low profile and Trump’s daily exposure.

Things are not looking good.

Who can keep count?

We’re putting people in an impossible position.

President Trump can’t handle the truth.