Outside the Beltway

Ending one of the big hassles of flying.

Trump is giving aid and comfort to insurrectionists.

It’s easy if you try.

Great comics combine social commentary with humor. Increasingly, they’ve skipping the latter.

Trump betrayed his oath. That should disqualify him from office. That’s the whole point of section 3 of the 14th.

A historic ruling likely to be overturned.

The justices declined to review a bizarre 4th Circuit decision.

Where do we draw the line?

The January 6 Committee recommends invoking the Insurrection Clause.

The WSJ doesn’t like Stanford’s attempt to make its website more inclusive.

Will voters overlook the elephant in the room?

They’re just too awful for delicate ears.

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

With record-low poll numbers, the grass roots wants someone new on the ticket next time.

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

Parents of disabled kids have successfully sued to mandate masks in schools.

Some of our citizens are at greater risk under relaxed mask guidelines.

Musings about US politics and culture.

Being too cautious and careless are not equal sins.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

Making it difficult for refuseniks works better than prizes.

Behind the CDC’s messaging debacle.

President Trump’s destruction of longstanding norms continues under his successor.

Well, nothing of course.

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

Are we thinking about job training all wrong?

“Now this campaign is over, what is the will of the people? What is our mandate?”

A whole ‘nother board came to a sane conclusion.

The Lone Star state is making up its own rules.

The “Leave it to Beaver” actor went on to a career with the LAPD.

President Trump has withdrawn his nominee for Director of National Intelligence after controversy regarding his qualifications and resume.

Once again, President Trump can’t help but make something meant to recognize real American heroes all about himself.

The Supreme Court sent a signal yesterday that seems to indicate how it might deal with future abortion law challenges and it doesn’t bode well for pro-lifers.

Labor law has not kept up with our changing economy.

Critics on both the Left and the Right rightly see an injustice here but the US Supreme Court allowed it to happen.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

Honoring the 41st President cast a poor light on the 45th.

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment has been in the news a lot lately, but what would it actually take to use it to remove a President from power?

A Georgia County is abandoning a dubious plan that would have closed 2/3 of the county’s polling stations.

Political columnist and commentator Charles Krauthammer has weeks to live.

Dueling data on civil service compensation belie the adage that you can’t choose your own facts.

House Republicans unveiled their tax reform bill today, but its fate is far from clear.

Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.

A Constitutional coup d’etat is not the way to solve the Donald Trump problem.

More fireworks on the second day of the questioning of Neil Gorsuch, but his confirmation nonetheless seems assured.

The problem with all the replacement talk is that there is no evidence that the GOP pathways will work.

Last night’s debate was indeed the low point everyone anticipated it would be, but it seems unlikely to change the status quo.

Much like their predecessors, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have released only limited information about their health. It may be time for that to change.

If Donald Trump actually became President, would he really do the work, or just delegate it to others? An anecdote from the campaign trail makes one wonder.

The rise of Trump and Sanders has resurrected a debate as old as Western civilization.