Outside the Beltway

Now an airport.

Where’s the positive example?

Lack of understanding and poor institutional design=bad political outcomes.

Some musings on the wrong lessons from a major global event.

The slur “Trump Derangement Syndrome” unintentionally captures something real about our world.

Thinking about the evolution (or is it devolution) of the GOP since the 1990s.

The Nerd Prom chickens out.

Perhaps longer, but the worst in the history of the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

And who is “we”?

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

Facts versus framing, with a little Mandela effect thrown in for good measure.

A second Trump presidency got much more likely last night.

The rioting never seems to stop.

Don’t blame the primary author of The Federalist for our current mess.

The fired propagandist has had an epiphany about bullshit.

What Americans say they want in the Oval Office.

Because sometimes the comment box is just too small.

What to make of her second straight loss?

Describe the sound made when a sheep explodes.

“America can survive the demagogues themselves, it’s their audience that will kill us.”

A minor story that illustrates a far bigger problem in our politics.

We’re an incredibly divided country but splitting it into two is impossible.

Even the smartest designers can’t anticipate all the flaws with the rules they write.

The politics of science comes full circle.