Outside the Beltway

Authoritarianism is popular.

Thinking about ideology in the Trump era.

The Beach Boy legend is gone at 82.

We can’t afford to repeatedly make the same mistake.

Thinking out loud, as one does.

And yes, Trump fits the definitions all too well.

Democrats and Republicans alike are less supportive than they were four years ago.

Thoughts that didn’t fit in my last post

And proof of Trump’s media diet.

Donald Trump fared considerably worse against a cogent opponent.

A Supreme Court Justice says our laws and regulations are out of control.

Good news is seldom news.

It depends.

Yesterday’s New Jersey speech was something to behold.

It is a bit of a mess.

If we’re even bowling at all.

I know a fireable offense when I see it.

“2023 Lists” Edition

It’s likely legal and almost certainly won’t matter.

An extraordinary look into warning civilians about impending attacks.

“Dog bites man” isn’t news. Unless it’s the President’s dog.

The Gulf and Western singer, songwriter, and mogul has died at 76.

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

The former President gets too much credit for his ability to manipulate news coverage.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

“You can’t be against everything.”

Possibly the last child of an American enslaved person has died.

The UK’s longest-reigning monarch has passed, aged 96.

Original blogger AllahPundit is leaving Hot Air after 16 years.

You have to be suspicious of people who enjoy gangster movies a bit too much.

Joe Manchin has come around on a pared back BBB, surprising just about everyone.

Assumptions of racial animus are overshadowing a story that’s outrageous enough on its own.

U.S. taxpayers have been spending $2 million a month for his protection.

A scandal within a scandal.

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

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

A new story archetype is all too common.

The legendary country music singer-songwriter known as “The Storyteller” is gone at 85.

The semantic debate is obscuring the actual public policy issue.

His stale jokes about eating dog have drawn fire for years.

Major is a good boy who hardly ever bites anybody.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

The Georgia governor and his family are under attack because he did his job.

Who’s to blame for the Blue Wave not materializing?

One man’s fecklessness has gotten untold people sick.

Sloppy thinking by those who object to vote-by-mail.

The crowd for DC’s fireworks celebration was small but weird.

As the President becomes less popular, there are signs he’s losing support from his co-partisans in Congress.