Outside the Beltway

This week: “Beneath the Planet of the Apes”

Looking ahead, hopefully with some purpose.

It’s hard to win a street fight under Marquess of Queensberry rules.

What happens at the 60 day mark of the Iran War? Nothing.

The state of being too big to care.

We can forgive the raping, graft, election stealing, and warmongering. But this goes too far!

Apparently, not the president or his “leadership council.”

The evidence is thin.

The Epstein fallout highlights differences in the US and UK systems.

A clash between American and European models.

Gone, gone, the damage done.

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.