Outside the Beltway

David Brooks is the leader in the clubhouse.

History has been made in more than one way.

Large chunks of a hackish report were lifted from previous works of Commission members.

Will there be in-fighting? Yes. A break-up? No.

The 45th President will go down in infamy, setting a record that’s unlikely to be broken.

Some key GOP figures are at least testing the waters.

The #3 Republican in the House will vote to impeach.

The New England Patriots coach lived up to the team nickname.

Does online performance logically devolve into rage and violence?

The live coverage of Wednesday’s assault on American democracy underplayed its seriousness.

As we assess Trump’s role in all of this, it is important to think through what he did (and did not) do.

Hashtag: You’re Fired.

The story played out just as we all thought it would.

The detective who shot her and another who prepared the warrant have been ousted nine months later.

It’s easy to mismanage what we don’t have to see.

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

The Trump Presidency has been a long con.

A silly, sexist WSJ op-ed has generated plenty of attention.

The inevitable only took 105 years.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

Music legend John Lennon’s life was cut tragically short four decades ago.

An American hero is gone.

Arguments and analyses that are, well, turkeys.

The right to worship trumps the public’s health.

Was Trump’s attempt to overturn the outcome a one-off or a sign of things to come?

At high noon.

The 46th President’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

A shameful farce continues to unfold.

Competing priorities.

The inevitable happened, as extremist organizations descended on DC.

The actor reflects on nearly three decades with Parkinson’s.

The man behind the 1998 embassy attacks is dead.

A myriad of possible explanations.

The President’s claims have no merit.

Sowing doubt in the absence of evidence is corrosive.

The longtime host of Jeopardy! is gone.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

Trump needs them both.

Just when you thought the 2020 campaign couldn’t go any lower.

The iconic actor best known as the original movie James Bond is dead at 90.

The iconoclastic journalist is out at the publication he founded.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

Some guy you never heard of is the guy.

Up is down. Down is up.

Usually candidates don’t talk about how bad things are across the country while appealing to be re-elected.

Chuck Schumer and company sent a signal to their base against a fait accompli.

Less Trumpy Trump still Trump.