Outside the Beltway

A former Virginia police officer has been found guilty, partly on the testimony of a former colleague.

A key planner of the Capitol riot has agreed to testify against others in exchange for a lighter sentence.

Magically mobilizing nonvoters isn’t going to happen (but it sounds nice, I suppose).

His conversations with lawyers about stealing the election are not protected by privilege.

The Court is out of balance–and it is a design flaw.

Antiquated counting methods lead to misallocation of resources.

He’s tanned. He’s rested. Is he ready?

The former President should have known that his claims of election fraud were baseless.

The 45th President is unlikely to face Federal prosecution but state and civil suits are not going his way.

Doing the right thing on 1/6/20 doesn’t absolve him of being a key Trump enabler.

Did the President exceed his mandate? Does it matter?

We deserve better.

It doesn’t add up.

A year after the Capitol riot, DOJ is coming after the most violent perpetrators.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

A necessary but likely irrelevant gesture.

A roundup of reflection on a somber anniversary.

The head of the House investigatory committee seems to think so.

Shockingly, they’re not remotely equivalent.

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

Barbados provides an illustration of a frequently misunderstood concept.

Will America re-elect an 82-year-old to the White House?

Senator Romney and the latest edition of the senatorial pro-filibuster op/ed.

A vague but inflammatory report sheds little light on the situation.

We’re an incredibly divided country but splitting it into two is impossible.

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

Really, they owed (and still owe) us better behavior.

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

Thoughts on how we think.

Legislatures and school boards politicize what our kids are taught.

A chance for a real investigation? Ruined legitimacy?

It’s not perfect but it beats our usual approach to picking winners and losers.

Or, at least, he’s willing to kill democracy in order to save it.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

Even the smartest designers can’t anticipate all the flaws with the rules they write.

The saga continues.

Could this be the straw that broke the camel’s back?

The GOP is actually pretty healthy at the moment, despite some public rhetoric to the contrary.

Assessing Republican strategic positioning (and the incentives in our system).

On fiscal policy and historical comparisons.

The trends over the last half century are really something.

The long shift of population from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt continues—with the unusual exception of California.

Jimmy Carter’s Vice President and the 1984 Democratic nominee has died at 93.

National Review’s Kevin D. Williamson advocates for less democracy in America.

How well do single-seat districts lead to representation? (And of what?)

Judges are pressuring prosecutors to strike deals, most of which will be for misdemeanors.

Our insistence on relying on an 18th Century understanding of electoral systems is our ongoing bane (if one values representative government).

Any “fair” drawing of districts will yield a GOP advantage over time.

America’s institutions are undemocratic but only some of them are a product of the Constitution.