Outside the Beltway

Take this job and shove it. I ain’t workin’ here no more.

A David Brooks column inspires some thoughts.

A second Republican Speaker has reached across the aisle to avert a government shutdown.

Abortion, an unrepresentative electorate, and candidate idiosyncracy ruled the off-off-year election.

Could the fourth time be the charm?

The ongoing Republican debacle and what it says about representative democracy in the US.

A hopeful irony.

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

The rare case where a clickbait headline is actually appropriate.

In a bathtub?

He might prefer McDeath.

A policy-leaning wing and a political-leaning wing make for an unworkable coalition.

Will at least four Republicans have a spine?

The crazies are this close to a complete takeover.

Jim Jordan is trying to bully his way into office. It almost certainly won’t work.

The clown show still lacks a ringmaster.

One of the worst movies in memory may be getting a sequel.

The Senate is voting one-by-one in the face of the Tuberville hold on top nominees.

The MAGA wing is driving us over a cliff.

The inmates are running the asylum.

West Virginia University may be the canary in the coal mine.

They average more than any other occupation and considerably more than their European counterparts.

Another example of the power of the abortion issue.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

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