Outside the Beltway

The President-Elect is testing the guardrails early.

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

In which I agree with Trump about the problem, but NOT the solution

A reflection on four decades of presidential elections.

The 39th President hits the century mark.

A massive Israeli operation. To what end?

A bold strike that threatens to escalate a regional war.

Is all diversity created equal?

We don’t know much but the early details are all too familiar.

And some reminders from where the violent rhetoric emanates.

Are the press out to get the President? Or abetting a coverup?

Will the first President convicted of crimes be the first convicted felon re-elected as President?

A disturbing dissection in the NYT Magazine.

It’s no longer just a Third World problem.

Well, that was something.

We shouldn’t be surprised that Americans have noticed their grocery bill.

Trump is making verbal gaffes while making fun of Biden’s verbal gaffes.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

Another illustration of the weakness of the American party system.

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

His message isn’t getting through. Is it the messenger?

The former President has a 50 point lead. Is he unstoppable?

The Supreme Court sided with an anti-gay website designer.

An extremely unlikely scenario.

Shockingly, the current President’s numbers are worse than his predecessor’s.

Tucker is one of those “elites” he saying hates his audience.

Latin America’s answer to Donald Trump has his own insurrection attempt.

A watershed moment in the prosecutions of the Capitol Rioters.

Covering the coverage.

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

What is the right measure of success for the Committee investigating the Capitol riot?

New evidence gets us a wee bit closer to a smoking gun.

They’re taking their eye off the ball.

A key planner of the Capitol riot has agreed to testify against others in exchange for a lighter sentence.

We did much better in 2020 and worse since 2021 than we thought.

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

In case anyone was wondering (and the GOP’s prospects are good).

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

Why oh why won’t people stop commenting on the lady Senator’s outfits?

A conversation in two parts.

The President’s approval has plummeted, largely because of factors outside his control.

American cheese will henceforth be known as liberté cheese. And not because of the metric system.

The wonders of hindsight.

Gotta clear those tabs.

A typical case of American blind justice.

Republicans are more partisan—and distrustful of government—than Democrats.

A laser focus on the pandemic and economic insecurity has him in good shape at the traditional check-in point.

It’s harder than a looks, especially given the limited size of the problem.