Outside the Beltway

Thanksgiving is a giant contradiction, just like America

Stephen Miller’s words at the Kirk memorial.

“There’s a lot of commander coming.”

Nor does Benny Johnson.

Because of course.

America is always both what it claims to be and what it actually is. The Fourth of July, then, marks our aspirations—and also our shortcomings.

The Trump administration is trying to get a ruling on one issue while sidestepping the merits of the case.

The right call but a logistical nightmare.

Of leopards and faces.

Trump’s voter fraud allegations have melted away.

Remember, remember the fifth of November…

Trump, Bezos, and the slippery slope of authoritarianism.

And the real destruction of mail-in ballots

Contrary to widespread perception, white men can in fact dance.

Six GOP members of the House are targeting military ballots.

Trump Bibles: made in China.

The basketball great and humanitarian is gone too soon.

Donald Trump fared considerably worse against a cogent opponent.

A microcosm of the campaigns and the candidates.

Or is that low-T(rump)?

Yet another service disruption over rights fees calls attention to the issue.

His Presidential aspirations may have played a big factor

We don’t know much but the early details are all too familiar.

More to consider.

Could Thursday’s match-up shake up the race?

He may be under-estimating.

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

Democratic strategists are complaining that Biden is being too honest.

Presidential v. senatorial polling in swings states is just, well, odd.

Restored versions of the original movies are now available in 4K. They’re likely not legal.

It’s no longer just a Third World problem.

He’s suddenly a billionaire after all.

So many intentions to write, so little time.

Live! From New York, it’s…wait, what?

If we’re even bowling at all.

Leading candidate for Republican nomination deploys eliminationist rhetoric in Veteran’s Day speech.

His message isn’t getting through. Is it the messenger?

The one we’ve all been waiting for.

When something simple isn’t so simple.

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

Cities are lowering or doing away with longstanding requirements to provide spaces.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

“Classical liberals” really need to rediscover self examination

Understandable efforts to protect their market share are alienating customers who think they’re doing nothing wrong.

Some 2024ish stuff and other tidbits.

South Carolina and Georgia win! Iowa loses! New Hampshire whines!