Outside the Beltway

Twenty-Second Amendment edition.

As well as the politics that have followed.

Five years after their divorce, the UK and EU are rebuilding ties.

A temporary respite that doesn’t solve fundamental disagreements.

There are 800 or so of them in the United States alone. Where the hell did they come from?

And who is “we”?

He has to be, right?

Hitting back at centibillionaires is hard.

They’re apparently ongoing. Who knew?

A Man For All Seasons goes to the heart of our current political season

“The Rise of ‘Middle-Finger Politics’”

The book spawned a cottage industry. But did it change the study of economics?

No, I don’t feel terrible now.

More on the potential conflict of interest in Georgia

Fulton County Prosecutor’s alleged relationship with special prosecutor could derail the trial

A television icon is gone at 101.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

Why “the First Amendment protects Trump” defense doesn’t make sense

Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey has some interesting results.

Young Americans are increasingly ruling out those of the other party.

“Red States” and “Blue State”

The lunatic fringe idea is both appealing and unworkable.

Understandable efforts to protect their market share are alienating customers who think they’re doing nothing wrong.

How an apparent serial fabulist got elected to Congress

A thought inspired by the PA Senate race.

An example of rationalization.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

An ugly divorce exposes a gap in our legal structure.

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

An extraordinary example shines light on coercive factors that incentivize plea deals

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

The veteran character actor has died of cancer at 66.

He beats the alternative.

Some semi-coherent thoughts on the occasion.

An interesting proposal to improve tax collection.

Not of governance.

Already-high rates have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

(At least the removal part)

Boris Johnson and the British Conservative Party scored a huge win in yesterday’s General Election, while Labour walked away with its biggest defeat in a generation.

A sad day for those of us who grew up watching Big Bird, Kermit, and the rest of the Muppets.

Seeking to have a US citizen investigated by a foreign government based on innuendo is a major problem.

Barely in office a year, California Congresswoman Katie Hill has been forced to resign in the face of inappropriate contact with a staff member and a campaign worker.

A Federal Appeals Court has reinstated an Emoluments Clause lawsuit against the President that had been dismissed nearly two years ago.

The so-called “rebel alliance’ in the House of Commons continues to stack up wins against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but Johnson could still win in the end.

Parliament returns for a short period tomorrow, but there’s little time for those who hope to stop Boris Johnson’s plans to force a hard Brexit.

A newly released report leaked from inside the British Government notes that a hard Brexit is likely to be a disaster for the British economy.

Dozens of well-off students from the Chicago area are getting college subsidies.

Mark Esper has been confirmed and sworn in as the next Secretary of Defense, ending a period of nearly 100 days during which the Pentagon was headed by a succession of Acting Secretaries.