Outside the Beltway

We all suffer if the the unserious have power.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

A hundred Senators actually didn’t mean to change our clocks.

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

The Lone Star State has enacted some peculiar new laws.

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

Republicans used to honor the men and women who serve our country. In the Trump Era, they attack them in defense of the President.

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

The confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General appeared to go very well, making confirmation essentially a certainty.

There is a frustration and a growing sense that the American political system is illegitimate.

Whether Don Blankenship wins or loses in West Virginia, his success is yet another example of how Donald Trump has changed the GOP for the worse.

There seems to be no question that the decision to fire James Comey was motivated largely by the President’s frustrations over the fact that his campaign is under investigation.

Stop romanticizing the filibuster (and don’t appeal to the intent of the Founders).

Republicans in Congress are slavishly seeking to divert attention from wrongdoing by Donald Trump, or Russia.

The President throws the US under the bus to defend Putin.

With little actual debate and despite Paul Ryan’s promise of a return to ‘regular order,’ the House has passed a hastily drafted bill in response to the largely fear-based response to Syrian refugees in the wake of the Paris attacks.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are talking about fundamentally changing what it means to be an American, and it’s a bad idea.

Dana Milbank (“Obama’s big immigration mistake”) thinks so.

The chattering class is chattering about the President’s vacation again. It really is quite tiresome.

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.

So, Dana Milbank has a column.

Dana Milbank offers a nonsensical reason for denying our youth the freedom to choose their own path.

There’s been a bit of buzz of late about the fact that people in several states have filed petitions to secede from the Union. There shouldn’t be.

Whether or not it’s proper to call the FRC a “hate group,” the persecution complex being displayed in the wake of Tuesday’s shooting is absurd.

At some point, however, using the bad actions of the past to justify worse actions in the present has to stop.

Rick Perry isn’t as radical as some on the left are saying, but that doesn’t mean he’s any good.

Not exactly an example of moral leadership.

The debate format was the biggest loser last night, but there were a few memorable moments in New Hampshire.

Dana Milbank’s “No Palin Month” lasted almost 15 hours 45 minutes.

The same people who were complaining a week ago that the media was obsessed with Sarah Paln are now complaining that a media figure has suggested she doesn’t deserve the coverage she gets.

Didn’t we just talk about this?

For perhaps the first time ever, I find myself in total and complete agreement with Dana Milbank. Take the pledge: Give Palin a rest.

What’s up with McCain and DADT?

The incoming House Republicans aren’t making a good first impression.

If 33 states can muster support to kill a law, how would it have gotten enacted to begin with?

Further thoughts on a rather radical proposed Amendment to the Constitution, prompted by a link from Instapundit.

Dana Milbank asks, “Would we be better off under a President Hillary Clinton?” His affirmative answer isn’t very convincing.

Let’s revisit the question of crime levels in Arizona.