Outside the Beltway

A variety of factors have led to better survival chances for those hospitalized with the disease.

Not the flu.

Rudy Giuliani and a hack tabloid are trying to revive the Burisma story.

Great journalism can result in lousy history.

The Spaniard continues his quest to be the Greatest of All Time.

It’s not a cult but not exactly mainstream, either.

His campaign now wants more live debates.

The President is not like other people.

A truly chaotic combination.

One man’s fecklessness has gotten untold people sick.

The Times investigation sheds more light on what most of us already knew.

The President is deeply leveraged with no escape in sight.

Should we question the timing?

A nuanced take on a complicated set of facts distorted in the public debate.

A case where the truth doesn’t seem to matter.

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

Injecting data into the conversation.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

The Electoral College is once again having the opposite effect of what its defenders claim.

It will, however, be appealed to SCOTUS.

Are those with kids getting over?

As Election Day draws closer, the President is doubling down on stoking racial resentment.

Is shunning those without college degrees the last acceptable prejudice?

My latest for Defense One.

The one-time wunderkind, blogging pioneer, and same-sex marriage champion is now on the outs.

Anonymous bullshit from the New York Post.

The NBA playoffs have been hit with a work stoppage.

The best people.

The official campaign to oust Donald Trump is off to a good start.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

More evidence that we are under-counting deaths due to Covid-19.

What would a reborn GOP look like and who would vote for it?

Preying on the fears of old white people is good business.

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

The President has hit rock bottom.

Yet another incumbent has lost his primary contest.

It’s much easier to fund bad information than good.

A great character actor is gone.

The rules are different if you’re famous.

The AG is Trump’s lawyer, not ours.

The President may be right on voting by mail.

We were much slower and have higher non-conformity than countries that have it under control.

The ‘outside agitators’ trope strikes again.

Shame on him for defending authoritarian actions.

Federal agents deployed nonlethal force against peaceful demonstrators.

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

How about crowd sourcing a timeline for all of Trump’s enablers?

Comparisons with 2016 all work against Trump’s re-election.

The weirdness of Internet outrage culture.