Outside the Beltway

It was only a matter of time before Trump’s rhetoric against the press would lead to something violent. Last night in El Paso, it happened.

More than any recent President, Donald Trump displays a tremendous amount ignorance about the world. Even worse is the fact that he seems proud of it.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is the latest Democratic entrant into the 2020 race for President.

Trump continues to struggle at major international meetings.

Some examples from 2018 of the problems with single seat districts.

Last week, the Washington State Supreme Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional. The latest in a string of victories for opponents of capital punishment.

Just when I thought political humor was dead.

Madison was right about politicians and ambition. He just didn’t see the how it would all play out.

President Trump is touting his Photo Op Summit as the end of the North Korean nuclear threat. Reality is quite different.

When “reasonable suspicion” and free speech collide.

Without Congressional authorization, any attack on Syria would be illegal, but don’t expect Congress to do anything about it.

Wisconsin-Stevens Point is shuttering 13 majors, including English, history, political science and sociology while expanding more job-oriented programs.

A Federal Court in North Carolina has issued a stinging ruling against the partisan gerrymandering undertaken by the Republican legislature in that state.

Republicans passed their tax bill yesterday. What that means for the economy and the 2018 midterms is another question.

With less than forty-eight hours to go, the race for Virginia’s Governor is tighter than ever.

A complicated concurrence to Steven Taylor’s recent postings.

The Greatest Of All Time.

Observations, questions, and some toastosity.

Democrat John Bel Edwards scored an easy victory over Senator David Vitter last night in Louisiana, and Vitter announced that he’d be leaving the Senate after his term is up.

France launched its first attacks against ISIS even as the investigation into Friday’s attacks continues, but it’s not clear that the retaliation really accomplished anything.

Donald Trump’s immigration plan is would create a police state, violate people’s rights, and hurt America’s economy. And his supporters will most likely love it.

It will be some time before sanity prevails in the GOP, but slowly but surely Republicans seem to be becoming less socially conservative.

Voters in Ireland have overwhelmingly approved a referendum legalizing same-sex marriage.

The first installment of my analysis of the National Security Strategy.

Support for legalizing marijuana continues to grow slowly but surely.

The GOP added to its majority in the House, giving it the biggest majority it has had since Truman was President.

My ongoing crusade to spark thought and discussion on the quality of representation in the US Congress.

Fun with praxeology.

Today’s foreign-policy disputes rarely consider the way America’s response to one crisis might affect another.

The Mason-Dixon Line says it starts in Maryland, but that no longer seems to be the case.

The Economist reports that “The coffee insurgency” is winning.

The situation we currently find oursevles in is very much driven by structural issues.

The Army and Navy are finally doing something about brass bloat.

The NBC News graphics department failed geography miserably. Here, Brian Williams and company admit the error with grace, charm, and good humor.

The former coach of an American team playing a foreign sport is upset that his foreign-born successor is using foreign-born Americans.

The Canal made a number of impressions.

American troops may now earn the fourth highest combat medal from the comfort of their desk chair.

Republican opposition to same-sex marriage is costing it yet another demographic group.

The analyst actually wants to understand and be correct far more than he or she wants their preferences to prevail in the analysis