Outside the Beltway

Shockingly, both “incumbents” are going to win their party’s 2024 nominations.

Apparently, Making Germany Great Again is controversial.

Republicans want him but do they really, really want him?

Some things shouldn’t be joked about (and they often aren’t jokes anyway).

Making 2024 about 2021 and 1777.

Normalizing Trump via poor analysis.

Another state has declared him an insurrectionist.

Ignorance, it turns out, isn’t bliss.

He appointed a third of the Justices but has the worst record before them in modern history.

A stroll through the archives.

The coiner of Godwin’s law gives his blessing.

The Republican frontrunner continues to use Hitler’s language, praise dictators, and lionize traitors.

The highest court has agreed to expedite a ruling on a novel question.

The system isn’t very good.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around any more.

A T-Day Illustration.

The NYT goes too far but not far enough.

A David Brooks column inspires some thoughts.

I know it when I see it.

More on an ongoing saga.

And, not surprisingly, about parties.

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

When the intellectually correct answer isn’t politically possible.

The party’s 2012 nominee is an indicator of how fall it has fallen.

Because I think it is really important.

The ongoing Republican debacle and what it says about representative democracy in the US.

Bidenomics is dragging Biden’s approval.

A satisfying but unlikely explanation.

We need reform.

An increasingly undemocratic regional power is a necessary but unreliable partner.

Much ado about nothing?

Calling out a large chunk of the GOP.

His message isn’t getting through. Is it the messenger?

Its economic bubble has burst, which may make them more dangerous.

A trip through comparative democratic reform.

He was convicted of contempt of Congress.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

More thinking about the 2024 GOP primary.

The Economist joins the “Biden is too old” bandwagon.

Wherein I finally reveal my answer (spoiler: it is hardly surprising). And, also, wherein despite the goal of brevity, I fail at that goal.

It is worth repeating

One weird trick could save us from Trump.

It’s the only one that puts all the piece together.

His column in the Houston Chronicle fails to impress.

Trump asked him to overturn the election.

The one we’ve all been waiting for.

Don’t offend the Lt. Governor in Texas.

Inter-generational power is a thing.

Must every topic be viewed through that lens?