Outside the Beltway

Tip O’Neil’s famous saying hasn’t been true in a long, long time.

A massive investigation into the Capitol riot looks at what came before, during, and after.

A sign of our times.

44% of Republicans strongly disapprove of President Biden’s performance while only 22% of Democrats strongly approve.

Joe Biden has bet his presidency on a caucus that may simply be irreconcilable.

$1.75 trillion ain’t $3.5 trillion but it’s something.

The enigmatic Senator is a world-class attention seeker.

The equivalent of Pennsylvania’s entire labor force is sitting on the sidelines.

The West Virginia Senator is the epicenter of contemporary American politics.

A vague but inflammatory report sheds little light on the situation.

The President seems to have persuaded the progressives in his party to settle for half a loaf.

The Biden administration is not doing enough.

Doing nothing is still a choice, and the legitimacy crisis is here, like it or not.

The convicted criminal has taken his shenanigans to court.

The liberal media is giving all their attention to the tax and spend Democrats!

Is the Worldwide Leader responsible oblivious to bigotry?

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

An amusing incident highlights how far we’ve fallen.

On mandates and other miscellany.

The Politician’s Syllogism rears its ugly head.

The Democrats are apparently selling their omnibus spending package the wrong way.

President Biden was advised to keep troops in Afghanistan . . . for no apparent reason.

The internecine fight over the budget is coming to a head.

The Catch-22 of passing a massive spending bill in an undemocratic system.

He beats the alternative.

A departure from the Internet-era tradition.

The President has lost his patience with the unvaccinated.

Misc. stories worth noting, but that I don’t have time to write about.

Humanitarian instincts rightly trumped security concerns.

We may be out of Afghanistan but the ‘war on terror’ is likely to continue indefinitely.

I guess you proved your point about great powers picking and choosing their battlefields.

An unsatisfying first(?) response.

Thirteen Marines and dozens of Afghan civilians are dead in a much-anticipated attack.

As the pandemic’s effects continue to worsen in Florida, DeSantis continues to play the worst kind of politics.

The President is looking for any leverage he can to get refuseniks vaccinated.

The evacuation could soon become a terrorist target.

They’ve got a lot of gall blaming Biden for this mess.

US health agencies are clashing with the World Health Organization on the question.

A humanitarian crisis made worse by shameful delays.

The collapse is not his doing. But he’s accountable for the poor planning.

The postmortems are well underway.

Some recent news items that add to concern about American democracy.

The President is in open defiance of the Supreme Court.

The President hit all the right notes.

An interesting podcast conversation.

The country’s largest employer is soon going to be less tolerant of the unvaccinated.

An emotional day set the tone for the investigation.

Emotional testimony from police will kick off the event.

J.D. Vance’s cynical suggestion.