Outside the Beltway

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

The author of beloved children’s books is gone at 91.

A third of the party’s Members of Congress voted against a popular bill.

The Southeast has been hit especially hard.

A typical case of American blind justice.

His partner in crime wrote it all down.

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.

Rogue cops, racial profiling, tainted cases, and the lack of consequences.

Is a de minimus standard too small?

It makes sense for large-scale venues, yes? But making sense is not the issue.

He probably lacks the legal authority. And business interests in is state will fight hard against him.

Quite a number of Democratic Congressmen are thinking about seeking a new job.

Nonhierarchical parties strike again.

The evidence is too clear to ignore at this point.

The Lone Star State is celebrating its independence in a big way.

Democrats are already jockeying to influence President Biden’s pick should a vacancy arise.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

Specifically: the former confederacy and Democratic dominance.

House Democrats have done what their Republican colleagues refused to do.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

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

143 at the 11th hour.

The Crimson Tide’s best season is one that shouldn’t have been played.

Steve Sarkisian joins a frustrating trend.

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

It’s easy to mismanage what we don’t have to see.

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

First whining about losing, now whining about legislation. (And creating chaos along the way).

Granted, there are more than two. But from a political science/political history POV, these two stick out in my mind.

Who ya got?

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

A case involving Pennsylvania may not be resolved for quite some time. Thankfully, it’s immaterial to the election outcome.

Arguments and analyses that are, well, turkeys.

Was Trump’s attempt to overturn the outcome a one-off or a sign of things to come?

He seems to have taken his ball and gone home.

The virus is real and infections and exposures have consequences.

Why is making the obvious call so hard for the GSA Administrator?

GOP leaders in key states signal no EC shenanigans.

All the states have been called.

In a sane world, Joe Biden’s election win would not have come as a surprise. Alas . . . .

Revisiting predictions about what would happen if what has happened happened.

A reminder that narratives are narratives and data are data.

The early reaction was premature.

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

Look, either you believe in democracy or you don’t.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

Her Democratic opponent has conceded.