Outside the Beltway

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.

The faculty would like to strip away a 20-year-old honor in light of several statements in violation of the institution’s core values.

What is CPAC telling us about the contemporary conservative movement?

If a law enforcement officer with 30 years of experience can’t stop an active school shooter, what makes anyone think a teacher with a gun can?

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has redrawn the state’s Congressional Districts based on its recent ruling finding the current map to be unconstitutional partisan Gerrymandering. It makes a lot more sense than the map the state is currently using.

NRO’s David French offers “A Gun-Control Measure Conservatives Should Consider.”

Of course Donald Trump wants a military parade, it would be consistent with his delusions of grandeur.

Recent polls have caused Republicans to become more optimistic about their chances in this year’s midterms. That optimism is both premature and misplaced.

The Supreme Court has declined to stay a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling requiring the legislature to redraw the state’s Congressional District map.

Two Amtrak crashes in less than a week is newsworthy. It is not, however, a trend.

A newly released poll has encouraging signs for Democrats in 2018, but there are several caveats.

Another win for forces fighting partisan Gerrymandering.

The GOP’s potential troubles in 2018 don’t just exist at the Congressional level.

The numbers aren’t looking good for Republican prospects in this year’s midterm elections.

With the results from Alabama. the GOP faces a hard road ahead defending its majority in the Senate.

Roy Moore’s loss in Alabama is bringing out into the open a civil war that has been going on for seven years now.

Yesterday was the seventy-sixth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. For most Americans, though, it was just another day. That’s only natural.

The early numbers in the battle to control Congress look good for Democrats, but there are are a number of caveats to keep in mind.

There’s growing evidence that Donald Trump’s tweets are hurting him but his aides have basically given up trying to control his Twitter habit.

Will Joe Biden be ‘tan, rested, and ready’ enough to take on 2020?

Americans as a whole are becoming less religious and some people are panicking about it.

And even moreso when they are consciously created by the winner.

Despite, or perhaps because of, his bigoted, radical, far-right positions on the issues, Roy Moore beat the sitting Senator from Alabama in a runoff election that essentially guarantees that he will win the General Election later this year.

More evidence of apparent Russian-backed efforts to interfere in the election.

A recent uptick in retirements from Congressional Republicans is leading some Republicans to become concerned about the party’s prospects in 2018.

At some point, it will be time to move on.

Hillary Clinton delivers the most obvious news ever.

The battle over Confederate statues that was resurrected by the violence in Charlottesville is off the front pages, but that doesn’t mean it’s over quite yet.

Democrats and “Never Trump”ers shouldn’t count their chickens before they’re hatched.

Three new polls show Trump’s job approval down significantly in the three states that put him over the top in the Electoral College last year.

It’s time to stop honoring the symbols of a nation of racist traitors.

Big developments in the Russia investigation that could start making President Trump deeply uncomfortable.

A new study shows that Baby Boomers no longer account for the largest segment of voters in the United States.

Thoughts on the quality of our democracy.

Senate Republicans are back home and hearing from their constituents on health care reform. It’s not going well for them.

A hung jury in the Cosby sexual assault case results in a mistrial.

Hillary Clinton is blaming everyone she can for her loss, except the most obvious suspects.

Economic growth in the first quarter wasn’t as bad as first estimated, but it still wasn’t very good. And the future is unclear at best.

Donald Trump has been President for nearly four months, but has yet to name Ambassadorial picks for many slots including several important posts.

After failing twice in a month, House Republicans apparently think they have the votes to pass their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

There’s already speculation that former Vice-President Biden might try for a third run at the White House, but it seems unlikely.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, Donald Trump spent his Saturday attacking the press and the First Amendment.

Six months after the election, the postmortems of the Clinton campaign all seem to have one thing in common, they all point at things other than the candidate and her campaign as being the reason she lost.

The National Weather Service didn’t want to confuse the public by changing the forecast at the last minute.

Part Two in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan. This post examines several ideas advanced by conservatives, and the reasons they aren’t complete answers to the problems we face.

Senate Democrats are divided on how to approach the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, making it likely that he’ll be confirmed.