Outside the Beltway

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

I couldn’t help myself.

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

A partial response in the context of a complex topic.

A quick overview and some examples to start a longer conversation.

A world in which we’re all contractors is a dystopian utopia.

The President is desperate and unwell and the press is making no bones about it.

If the goal is to change politics, not just vent frustration, messaging is important.

Contrary to some expectations, Americans are logging three extra hours of work a day.

The pandemic is massively more livable given modern technology.

Evidence from the four early states is not looking promising.

The math compelled it. But he outlasted several better-known candidates.

A big fundraising quarter for the Senator from Vermont.

Especially Senate inaction.

A conservative columnist explains how once-Republican states are switching sides.

There’s far more good in technology than bad, but these days we seem to be far more focused on the bad right now.

Not surprisingly, AOC is getting behind Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic nomination.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate comes from a part of the world that most people almost never think about.

The Supreme Court returns to work today with a significant number of high-profile cases on its docket.

Bernie Sanders has slipped in the polls but retains his ability to raise money.

The real crime is what’s legal.

A little bit of this for a little bit of that.

A familiar name has entered the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Warren is rising tn the polls of the Democratic primary race, but one analyst argues she may be the perfect candidate….to help re-elect Donald Trump.

Once again, President Trump is doing Vladimir Putin’s bidding.

Protests in Hong Kong have been going on for nine weeks now, but they are reaching a point where the patience of the leaders in Beijing is being tested.

Beijing is warning protesters in Hong Kong that it’s restraint in the face of protests is not without limit. However, it has few realistic options when it comes to how far it can go.

A strangely under-publicized story.

The ex-athlete has picked a bizarre target.

It burns.

This time on Venezuela

Thirty years ago, when the veterans of D-Day were still relatively young and still largely with us, President Reagan delivered one of the finest speeches of his Presidency.

David Brooks joins the long line of commenters predicting the GOP’s demise.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin punted once again on the question of replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, making clear that any change that does occur won’t happen until after Donald Trump is out of office.

One of the most well-known architects of the modern era has passed away.

The President’s trade policies stand to benefit a lot of other countries, just not the United States.

Que Sera, Sera

With his attempt to overthrow the government clearly a failure, Juan Guaidó is back to calling for foreign military intervention in Venezuela.

His passing is a sad reminder of another era of the Republican Party.

A major, destructive fire hits one of the most historic churches in the world.

Princeton historian Sean Wilentz lays to rest a pernicious idea propagated by . . . Princeton historian Sean Wilentz.

The peril of not yet running for President include not yet having a campaign staff in place.

I was wr-r-r-r-r-ong.

US policy is creating nonconstructive confrontation.

It turns out, The Duke wasn’t all that woke.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

Protests that have killed four and injured hundreds have been rewarded and show no sign of ending.

Election Day 2018 saw Republican representation in the New Jersey Congressional Delegation nearly entirely decimated.

Last week, the Mexican Supreme Court pushed that country further down the road toward legalization of marijuana for all purposes.