Outside the Beltway

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

A clever political gambit that raises real issues.

Kamala Harris wins by not losing.

A truly chaotic combination.

A pandemic and a government populated with people in their 70s and 80s.

The Times investigation sheds more light on what most of us already knew.

The President is deeply leveraged with no escape in sight.

A Senate GOP report doesn’t find anything new.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

Two related discussions.

A defense of the indefensible.

President Trump is historically unpopular and has consistently trailed Joe Biden. He could still win.

A game wherein one team has to score more points to win than does the other.

The President admits that he intentionally downplayed the threat posed by the epidemic.

What is more concerning, speculation and war games, or the words of POTUS?

New numbers show more consistency.

Trump is less popular with the troops that one might assume.

We’re winding down to Election Day. Where do we stand?

The platform decision is emblematic of a Trump-led party.

The Republicans are putting on quite a show.

A partial response in the context of a complex topic.

Yet another call for military intervention in domestic politics.

Ok, so what should change?

The convergence of design flaws in the constitution and a flawed leader have brought us to brink of an electoral crisis.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

Joe Biden’s running mate will be highly scrutinized. What’s fair game?

A column is getting negative attention for all the wrong reasons

The AG is Trump’s lawyer, not ours.

The absurdity of this presidency illustrated yet again.

She would hardly be the first running mate who criticized the nominee in a debate.

Shame on him for defending authoritarian actions.

We can’t punish every politician with a mental problem, but some are clearly unfit for office.

A movement that has grown beyond recognition.

Even Republicans are wondering if President Trump is at his “Katrina moment.”

Leadership matters (as does culture).

I don’t see it.

It creates a veto gate that they are almost guaranteed to control when they need it.

The writing is on the wall for simple-majority voting in the Senate.

CNN has a lengthy, deeply reported piece on Trump’s phone calls to other heads of state.

An accomplished racist will no longer be honored by the university.

President Trump is behind 14 points in the latest NYT poll.

A television interview promoting his book further reveals what an awful man he is.

The President gave a delusional rant to a half-empty stadium thanks to some crazy kids.

The Senator from Minnesota is no longer a candidate for Vice President.

An amazing statement from Bolton’s book.

If the Democrats win back the White House in November, it’ll be no thanks to men.

As the President becomes less popular, there are signs he’s losing support from his co-partisans in Congress.

The Economist gives Joe Biden an 83% chance to win the Electoral College.

Not that one. The other one.

How to translate understandable frustration at injustice into tangible reform?