Outside the Beltway

The trends over the last half century are really something.

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

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

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

The pivot point in the impeachment charges: two hours of silence.

Will there be in-fighting? Yes. A break-up? No.

The #3 Republican in the House will vote to impeach.

A one-time denizen of Blogger’s Row at CPAC has come a long way.

As we assess Trump’s role in all of this, it is important to think through what he did (and did not) do.

Trump’s lack of fealty to truth and reality gives supporters an out (if they choose it).

A large, well-trained police force was unprepared for a foreseeable crisis.

The President of the United States is a national security threat. Can we get rid of him now?

It’s finally officially official.

The predictable, indeed inevitable, has happened.

The President who promised to “Make America Great Again” has made her a laughingstock. And worse.

They’re actually going to go through with it.

The absurd notion that the President of Senate is the arbiter and judge of the electoral vote.

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

The President of the United States is an existential threat to the Republic.

The junior Senator from Kentucky is drawing a lot of attention to himself on “fraud.”

Too little, too late.

January 6th, when the electoral votes are counted.

Wherein I respond to a ridiculous comparison.