Outside the Beltway

More on the clear white supremacist ideology oozing from the Trump administration.

Arresting the spouses of Americans at Green Card appointments.

It beats the alternative but it ain’t for sissies.

Our present-day politics reminds us that the “unfinished work” of democracy is never fully complete.  

Bret Stephens wants to oust Maduro in Venezuela.

Where’s the positive example?

Some musings on the wrong lessons from a major global event.

Our current round of speech repression may prove worse than McCarthyism.

We’re not alone in dysfunctional politics.

Whoever you are, please stop trying to register clearly fake accounts.

Thinking about the evolution (or is it devolution) of the GOP since the 1990s.

The Russian autocrat may be on the verge of getting what he wants.

Responding to tragedy with farce.

One expert says yes.

The linguistic stylings and white supremacy of Tommy Tuberville.

The country’s citizens are enduring power outages while Saudis are making deals for cutting-edge technology.

The Asia pivot is happening very slowly.

Eye of the storm, indeed.

USA! USA! USA!

A response to an argument based on feels not facts

We are about to find out the degree to which trade wars are good and easy to win.

America’s edge in innovation, built over a century, is being squandered in weeks.

Yet another test of Executive power for the courts to resolve.

Deciphering the meaning of a vague slogan.

America is getting screwed by playing by the rules it created.

Insights into Trump’s worldview.

The postwar era may have ended yesterday.

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.

But a centrist grand coalition will likely govern.

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

Words to the AfD.

A billionaire troll with a West Wing office.

What could go wrong?

Nunes and Grinell.

Thinking out loud, as one does.

Trump’s core policies will drive inflation

Hitler comparisons.

Is Sinwar’s assassination an opening?

And yes, Trump fits the definitions all too well.

The legendary singer, songwriter, and actor is gone at 88.

Who did Nazi this coming?

The sitting Vice President isn’t getting blamed for the economy.

Some additional (and longwinded) perspective.

Or more charitably, forgets due to cognitive decline

“Dr. Ruth” is gone at 96.

A relatively strong performance doesn’t change the narrative.

Why public attitudes are lagging real world performane.