Outside the Beltway

A clear violation of the laws of war. But do they apply?

SCOTUS appears ready to supercharge gerrymandering.

Can Democrats do anything?

There are no satisfying answers.

Politicizing scientific inquiry is a bad idea.

The mathematician best known for his satirical songs is gone at 97.

A breaking of the social contract.

She’s making no one happy.

A plea to the mass media and anyone else who is guilty.

Resisting gaslighting must be social. It’s crucial for those who oppose Trump’s falsehoods to remind each other, again and again, that 2 + 2 = 4.

Who could have known?

Robert Francis Prevost has been elected to head the Catholic Church

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

Machines have been eliminating blue collar jobs for decades. Now they’re coming for white collar jobs.

The Trump administration treats personally disfavored American institutions the way past administrations treated foreign adversaries. His goal is political submission.

Eye of the storm, indeed.

The targeting of international students.

…and I write a bit more than that.

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

Elite American universities are surrending at an astonishing pace.

Our leaders are afraid to lead.

The courts will decide whether we have a President or a King.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and both Roosevelts pushed the envelope, too!

There are 800 or so of them in the United States alone. Where the hell did they come from?

The man tabbed to lead the Defense Department was deemed an “insider threat.”

No, I am not kidding.

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

My turn.

A different take on our political realignment.

In the end there can be only one.

And yes, Trump fits the definitions all too well.

Was Marbury v. Madison a mistake?

Where the science and art of polling intersect.

More data shows a more complicated picture.

The predicted has happened.

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

One of the most notorious war criminals in American history is dead at 80.

They’re apparently ongoing. Who knew?

Some interesting, if unworkable, ideas.

Why public attitudes are lagging real world performane.

Are we betraying the Founders?

Suddenly, old voters are aligning Democrat and young ones Republican.

Shockingly, most people aren’t economists.