Outside the Beltway

A new study finds earlier lockdowns could have saved 54,000 lives by early May.

You can guess the rest.

The founder of Small Wars Journal passed Saturday.

The coaching legend led the 1972 Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history.

We’re putting people in an impossible position.

Cable news “experts” frequently aren’t.

Not to encourage people to skip the longer version, but here’s a key point.

Critics of the modeling and of the data analysis are being too simplistic.

In recent weeks the US has ramped-up pressure on Maduro.

Leadership matters (as does sources of news).

Exactly the opposite of what we need in a crisis.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

It’s time to end this thing.

Too many people still don’t understand the idea behind ‘flattening the curve.’ That includes our President.

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

There’s very little upside.

The former VP is focused on beating Bernie Sanders but his team is looking ahead.

These decisions should be made by professionals.

This is no way to run a railroad.

Nate Silver now gives Biden an 87% chance of winning the nomination outright.

Not a great night for the former New York major. But he still has $54.5 billion to comfort him.

Evidence from the four early states is not looking promising.

Another milestone has been reached.

A discussion of what #NeverTrump means, on Sanders v. Trump, and some about the philosophy of voting.

Lee Boyd Malvo may be eligible for parole in two years.

(Or not. Part 1,276,524).

An unprecedented spending blitz is upending the campaign.

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

The caucus tallies are so riddled with errors that the DNC is calling for a recount.

The real scandal isn’t the price tag but the beneficiary.

A binary choice will produce a worse outcome than necessary.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

President Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites would most likely constitute a war crime if he actually carried it out.

More evidence that Trump really doesn’t know what he is doing. (Or just doesn’t care).

With one speech, Kim Jong-Un has demonstrated the Trump Administration’s North Korea policy to have been an utter failure.

Amid protests over American airstrikes, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has become a target.

In just three years in office, Donald Trump has succeeded in taking huge steps in transforming the judiciary for decades to come.

Kamala Harris didn’t fail because of her race, she failed because she was a bad candidate.

WIth North Korea’s end of the year deadline for progress on talks quickly approaching, it is clear that the Trump Administration’s policies with regard to the DPRK have failed.

A sad day for those of us who grew up watching Big Bird, Kermit, and the rest of the Muppets.

Questions linger after a shooting leaves three people and the shooter dead in an incident at one of the nation’s largest Naval facilities.

George Zimmerman has filed a bizarre conspiracy theory-laden lawsuit against Trayvon Martin’s family, prosecutors, and others.

The Butterball Turkey Hotline still thrives even in the era of the Internet.

Donald Trump’s pardons of soldiers convicted of war crimes sends the wrong message to the military, to our allies, and to the world.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden continues to hold a strong lead in South Carolina even while slipping in other early states.

Many of the 2020 Democratic candidates for President are arguing that the caucus process itself is unfair and undemocratic. They’re right.

Mike Bloomberg is apparently entering the race for the Democratic nomination.

Donald Trump is moving his permanent residence south, where he should be right at home.