Outside the Beltway

Just in case that wasn’t already obvious.

The New College of Florida invites a white supremacist to campus.

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

Doubling down on the MAGA.

We’re entitled to our own facts.

When checks and balances aren’t enough.

A bad column is worse than expected.

Normalizing Trump via poor analysis.

The press really needs to stop trying to make fetch happen.

An amusing lede to an exasperating column.

Much ado about nothing?

An unconvincing column from an old pro.

The fired propagandist has had an epiphany about bullshit.

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

Will discusses a nascent university and in doing so produced a cliched column about higher education.

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

More voice, more votes, more representation.

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

The contrast could not be more clear.

A stroll down memory lane.

The conversation continues. (Warning: it is over 3000 words).

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

Sad news from the conservative talk icon.

Should the pundit class look more like America?

A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?

While the drumbeat for impeachment of the President continues on the left, political reality suggests caution.

Do you want to get money out of politics? You need to get politics out of money.

Let’s just say that he isn’t impressed.

The mea culpas and I-told-you-so’s are rather premature.

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is running for a third term under a dark ethical cloud. That probably won’t matter.

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

The dean of conservative columnists argues that the Republican Congress must be taught a lesson.

A towering figure gone much too soon.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

Mike Pence’s obsequiousness to his master knows no limits.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that could prove crippling to public employee unions across the nation.

On the special election for US Senate in Alabama

A speech traditionally used to unite was instead a continuation of a divisive campaign.

An important free speech case is coming up this week at the Supreme Court.

George Will isn’t just refusing to vote for Donald Trump, he’s leaving the GOP entirely

George Will’s column on the Garland nomination sparks a few thoughts.

The producer behind a group of music legends has passed away at the age of 90.

People don’t much care whether information supporting their prejudices is true.

Everyone is sick of the current approach. The candidates are looking for a new one.

Even if Donald Trump isn’t the Republican nominee in 2016, he could still end up causing real harm to the party’s chances of winning the White House and holding on to the Senate.