Outside the Beltway

The great director and actor was killed, along with his wife, apparently by their son.

The octogenarian Speaker Emerita will not seek re-election.

We need to be focused on the system, not fantasies about messages and organization.

The second round of No Kings rallies will take place today. Will they matter?

Senator Mike Lee helps us understand what he means by “a republic, not a democracy.”

A four-pronged test.

The reality is, I can’t say no.

Passing a budget the President can ignore creates a dilemma.

A weird, unnecessary intervention.

Authoritarianism is popular.

We are observing an effort to embed democratically questionable sectarian norms into the day-to-day life of federal workplaces. 

Here we go again.

Things are not operating as Madison intended.

An unserious idea from an unserious man.

But Not Really (Wink Wink)

You can’t take the politics out of politics.

It’s good to be king.

Informed, somber voices in these perilous times.

The legendary actor is gone at 95.

The inevitable happened, inevitably.

It certainly isn’t how the US Constitution functions.

The Curtis Yarvin interview.

The Majority Leader has a bigger role than previously reported.

There are 800 or so of them in the United States alone. Where the hell did they come from?

Could Democrats replace their oldest Justice before it’s too late?

Here we go again.

Trump, Bezos, and the slippery slope of authoritarianism.

It’s logical, maybe even inevitable. But is it a good idea?

Trump’s second term would be much worse than his first.

There’s something for everyone in the post-debate surveys.

The far right won the first round. The far left won the second. It’s a mess.

The big interview did little to ease doubts that he’s up to another four years.

The Replace Biden bandwagon continues rolling. Evidence is mounting that he needs to get on it.

Too little, too late.

A second Trump presidency got much more likely last night.

Will the first President convicted of crimes be the first convicted felon re-elected as President?

Compared to any available alternative, yes.

A longstanding project inches forward.

Punditry, complexity, and democracy.

A narrow ruling in a civil case could have huge consequences.

The problem that won’t go away.

No big surprises from the dumbest recurring contest in American politics.

When checks and balances aren’t enough.

A bad column is worse than expected.

A stroll through the archives.

What if one of the candidates is Hitler?