Outside the Beltway

Some explosive charges in the former National Security Advisor’s book.

If the Democrats win back the White House in November, it’ll be no thanks to men.

The state of American debate is not strong.

As the President becomes less popular, there are signs he’s losing support from his co-partisans in Congress.

The lockdowns are ending and likely not coming back.

The preliminary hearing revealed a damning case against the shooter of a young black man.

Iowa Republicans have had enough of being represented by a racist buffoon.

The system makes it next to impossible to punish bad cops.

The mayhem surrounding the demonstrations is drawing attention away from the grievance behind them.

Yet again, this administration puts Trump’s political fortunes ahead of the national interest.

The pandemic is highlighting an international shame.

All the deaths are fit to print.

It’s difficulty to have have a conversation with an albatross hanging over it.

A new study finds earlier lockdowns could have saved 54,000 lives by early May.

Vastly more people died than needed to and the economy still crashed.

A new study estimates how many lives were saved in 30 American cities.

The newspaper of record radically altered a column and then misrepresented it.

A seemingly innocent black man has been killed, sparking a wave of outrage.

He revolutionized how we think of male homosexuality.

The reports of the the North Korean dictator’s death have been greatly exaggerated.

Data collection and analysis takes time.

These are serious allegations.

A seemingly impossible coincidence.

No. Just no.

Trump made some odd suggestions on today’s Aló Presidente.

President Trump can’t handle the truth.

These figures indicate that we are experiencing a serious global health crisis that is, empirically, a deviation from the norm.

Or just a bump in the road?

The bad news keeps on coming.

Trump’s performance during this crisis is a reminder that electing an amateur to the presidency is a really bad idea.

Critics of the modeling and of the data analysis are being too simplistic.

Gatherings involve risk at the moment.

Who knew?

A great songwriter is gone at 73.

Thomas Modly, the acting Secretary of the Navy, has embarrassed himself and must go.

Social distancing is helping but too many aren’t taking it seriously enough.

Leadership matters (as does sources of news).

President Trump has made plenty of mistakes handling this crisis. Let’s not invent dubious ones.

Progressive policy and constituent interests collide.

The 1990s country star is dead at 61.

The update you were probably expecting.

He is actually tweeting about ratings.

Exactly the opposite of what we need in a crisis.

Everything is easier with money.

Trump’s approach from the beginning has been reality-denying. It makes it difficult to take anything the administration proposed seriously.

We may be in a national crisis but it’s still politics as usual in Washington.

He was the king of crossover hits long before Garth Brooks.

This is no ordinary recession.

In his own words

(Alternative title: Narcissist-in-Chief III)