Outside the Beltway

It’s easy to mismanage what we don’t have to see.

Social media makes the line much harder to draw.

His tantrum stopped checks over the weekend but Congress called his bluff.

As we approach the new year, the virus is at its peak.

First whining about losing, now whining about legislation. (And creating chaos along the way).

Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner are among last night’s lucky recipients.

The President of the United States is an existential threat to the Republic.

73 cadets violated the honor code while taking an exam remotely.

The science and ethics are not the hardest part of determining who should go first.

Meanwhile, a report states that a Trump admin official pushed infections to promote herd immunity.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

Masklessly criss-crossing the country.

A grim reminder.

The right to worship trumps the public’s health.

The virus is real and infections and exposures have consequences.

Truly the dumbest timeline.

We spend so much time fighting over who should be in power that we don’t get anything important done.

They know Trump lost the election yet are aiding his outrageous assault on democracy.

Yet another grim milestone.

The inevitable happened, as extremist organizations descended on DC.

The Pundit’s Fallacy meets opportunism.

A quadrennial tradition.

It’s getting worse, not better.

Contrary to the assertions of some, this isn’t going away.

Predicting a Biden wave.

Trump has pulled ahead in some individual polls but Biden continues to have a commanding lead.

When early voting meets tragedy.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

The Army is finally getting its World War II uniforms, one base at a time.

The data on Sweden and Covid-19 don’t fit the media narrative.

Up is down. Down is up.

Another unwelcome milestone that magical thinking won’t fix.

Trump’s leadership style encapsulated.

A variety of factors have led to better survival chances for those hospitalized with the disease.

Not the flu.

Comparing the White House’s approach to that of sports leagues on testing.

Reminders from a perusal of the news.

Three negative tests have overturned an initial false positive.

It turns out, he wasn’t hacked. (Spoiler: They’re never hacked.)

Thinking about what we might know on the night of the election.

Alabama’s head football coach and athletic director have both tested positive for COVID-19.

A legally correct ruling based on a lie.

He has the largest lead of any challenger since modern polling began in 1936.

No, our topic infectious disease expert did not endorse President Trump.

Trump continues to lag.

I’m sorry, what?

A clever political gambit that raises real issues.

The infected guy wants a face-to-face debate.