Outside the Beltway

Informed, somber voices in these perilous times.

America is getting screwed by playing by the rules it created.

Waiting for the other side to self-destruct has always been ridiculous and dangerous.

The postwar era may have ended yesterday.

Perhaps longer, but the worst in the history of the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

The cruelty is indeed the point.

Don’t let the door . . .

Countering Russian (and now American) propaganda.

It certainly isn’t how the US Constitution functions.

Looking at comparative corruption and development.

The 47th President is flooding the zone.

Making Russia happy again.

An example linked to USAID

This should be unacceptable, yet here we are.

An accurate description.

The courts will decide whether we have a President or a King.

Only a handful of Republican Senators have objected. Mildly.

Not all norms.

A difference in degree is a difference in kind.

How they’re covering it.

A preemptive strike against potential abuse of power.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and both Roosevelts pushed the envelope, too!

The Curtis Yarvin interview.

“…but I didn’t vote for that.”

An observation or two.

It “literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

The man who tried to prevent the vote from being counted last time is about to be certified President again.

I question the timing.

Amending the Constitution with one simple trick.

He is yet again underscoring what types of world leaders he likes.

A disturbing loyalty test.

But reports are he will leave office “early.”

Spoiler: tariff threats and other “one weird trick” approaches won’t work.

Breaking News

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

When the abnormal ceases to be.

The wrong solution for a real problem.

One thread that runs through most explanations for Tuesday’s result.

It’s Liz Cheney’s fault!

Also: don’t forget a lot of people also voted against him.

How that awful man won again.

Like Guy Fawkes, I got burnt!

My concerns about a second Trump administration.

Not a lot of true competition on my ballot in Alabama.

My turn.