Outside the Beltway

The ball is now in Merrick Garland’s court.

They’re all made out of ticky tacky. And they all look just the same

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

Will voters overlook the elephant in the room?

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

Roberts may not like it, but SCOTUS is political and does have a legitimacy problem.

American parties are coordination problems with shared branding.

Thoughts on the scenarios.

She’ll almost certainly be out of a job in January. Then what?

The economy, it turns out, is complicated.

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

Who should have the final say on the law of the land?

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

The implications of modes of interpretation.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

The Pope is indeed Catholic. The rest is up for debate.

Unlimited dialog makes conversations harder.

Generalities about an elusive and controversial phenomenon are unhelpful.

The legendary AP politics reporter is gone at 87.

What if the “fake news” is really fake news?

Musings about US politics and culture.

I’m shocked, shocked, to find that this is happening here.

Expert opinion on the standoff differs sharply.

Apparently, getting her elected President is not a high enough priority in the Biden White House.

The continuing calls to abandon objectivity in reporting in favor of a particular agenda.

The clock is ticking.

He is heading to CNN+

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

Will America re-elect an 82-year-old to the White House?

A weird new narrative has emerged.

It’s usually more effective to run for something rather than against someone.

Tip O’Neil’s famous saying hasn’t been true in a long, long time.

Joe Biden has bet his presidency on a caucus that may simply be irreconcilable.

Late-breaking news may not matter that much anymore.

Voters are suppose to choose elected officials, not the other way around.

The liberal media is giving all their attention to the tax and spend Democrats!

Canada has more parties than the US, but still suffers representation problems due to FPTP elections.

A blast from the past.

Women are increasingly dominating American higher education.

Legislatures and school boards politicize what our kids are taught.

It’s not getting any better, folks.

And linkages to broader US politics.

One party is divided on how to govern and the other is united in not governing.

A typical case of American blind justice.

A special session looms. (And how this is not like the filibuster in the US Senate).

The fact-checkers blew this one and blew it big.

Assessing Republican strategic positioning (and the incentives in our system).

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.