Outside the Beltway

The move paves the way for Kash Patel or another Trump appointee.

Abusing power to prevent the abuse of power?

Some quotes to ponder.

A dangerous choice that the Senate must reject.

Speaking of inexperienced cronies…

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

First there was the Department of Redundancy Department. Now for something completely different.

There’s a glaring gap in my information consumption.

Ignorance and motivated reasoning are never a good combination

There is a bit of a theme.

I think we should take Trump seriously and literally.

A chilling feature from the Wall Street Journal.

The would-be gunman was captured before he could get off a shot.

Things may well get ugly regardless of the outcome of November’s election.

Five minutes is an eternity in the current information environment.

We don’t know much but the early details are all too familiar.

A deep dive into why imperfect Criminal Legal System data is still reliable

Good news is seldom news.

Our natural instincts in hiring are wrong.

It’s been around for a very long time.

It’s no longer just a Third World problem.

Virginia’s governor is finding running a state harder than running a venture capitalist firm.

A long-predicted threat has emerged.

An unsurprising twist.

A new report puts the conversation in a different light.

A special counsel has declined to prosecute the President but his rationale was painful.

A bizarre call from the former Speaker.

Apparently, Making Germany Great Again is controversial.

What if one of the candidates is Hitler?

More on an ongoing saga.

A bizarre miscarriage of justice.

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

A political trial for political crimes always yields a political result.

The 5th Circuit upholds a lower court ruling but narrows its scope considerably.

If you thought the first term was bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

We all suffer if the the unserious have power.

Sigh.

The problem is not the indictment; it is the indicted.

My two cents.

What’s more important, appearances or action?

A legal defense without merit.

What about Biden?

The Wall Street Journal failed a key test.