Outside the Beltway

Bidenomics is dragging Biden’s approval.

Much ado about nothing?

The MAGA wing is driving us over a cliff.

Generations of young Americans weren’t alive or have no real memory of the event.

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

The Adobe cofounder who revolutionized printing is gone at 82.

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

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

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

When something simple isn’t so simple.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

A milestone that should never have been approached.

The panic continues. Is it warranted?

Every once in a blue moon, a glimpse of humanity can be seen.

It’s time for her to step down.

Some disturbing symbolism.

The court declined to review a preacher’s lawsuit against my alma mater.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

“Red States” and “Blue State”

The lunatic fringe idea is both appealing and unworkable.

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

Old men still bitter about where they went to college.

Too many jobs needlessly specify a bachelor’s.

A brilliant journalist is gone at 44.

Some thoughts on polling and the news since 2016.

A new Census definition has changed classifications slightly. It doesn’t go nearly far enough.

There are at most eight toss-up states for the 2024 Presidential election.

Democrats increase their Senate margin.

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

One of these things is not like the other.

This kind of “analysis” drives me nuts

Alas, it probably doesn’t matter.

There was some quiet meddling going on.

Even the 2020 election deniers are conceding close elections in the midterms.

Thinking about what was likely and what wasn’t.

Parsing the results thus far.

The New York Post and Wall Street Journal are blasting the losing loser.

A low bar has been cleared.

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

Boosting weak candidates in the Republican primaries paid off.

How long rather than how many?

The Needle is Broken

Describe the sound made when a sheep explodes.

Local issues barely matter in Congressional races anymore.

We likely won’t know on Election Night.

Will voters overlook the elephant in the room?

The race is returning to expectation.

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

A former dissertation advisor and two Army War College professors are speaking out against the gubernatorial candidate.