Outside the Beltway

New information has changed my thinking on this.

We’re back to Square 1.

Taking a closer look at Cooper, Kelly, and Shapiro

More polling that contradicts the panic.

The Replace Biden bandwagon continues rolling. Evidence is mounting that he needs to get on it.

More post-debate thoughts and a reminder about how US parties work.

He’s doing better in all the swing states but one than in 2020.

Planting a flag.

Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians.

It all comes down to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

Seven decades after de jure segregation was outlawed, de facto segregation is alive and well.

It’s been around for a very long time.

A republic if you can keep it, indeed.

Simplistic solutions to complex problems lead to human suffering.

A longstanding project inches forward.

Some interesting tidbits.

The inevitable is all but official.

A breakdown of some Republican primaries.

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

Just when you thought America couldn’t get any greater.

Or did it?

A never-ending saga of politicians choosing their voters.

McHenry has no more terms to give to his country.

Three increasingly-embarrassing defeats is all you get, apparently.

Bidenomics is dragging Biden’s approval.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around anymore.

A longtime friend has passed.

Americans don’t want either Trump or Biden! Film at 11.

The airlines hate hidden city ticketing and are cracking down.

The oldest state institutions of higher education are spending money to make money.

Americans have taken the dominance of the Women’s National Team for granted.

Why “the First Amendment protects Trump” defense doesn’t make sense

It’s not nearly as far-fetched as most of us would like to believe.

How far should the government be able to go?

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.

The justices declined to review a bizarre 4th Circuit decision.

The inevitable has happened. Now for the fallout.

The weatherman don’t know which way the wind blows.

Stories of interest/that I am not going to get around to writing more about. (And yes, these are really all open tabs that I want to close).

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are happy. But one man is.

The “We Were Soldiers Once” author and his wife have been honored.

The worst of the worst Capitol Riot players have been brought to justice.

New documents reveal the internal deliberations of the Court.

A clear example from North Carolina.

A symbolic gesture is now highly impractical, if not harmful.