Outside the Beltway

American parties are coordination problems with shared branding.

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

She’ll almost certainly be out of a job in January. Then what?

A cruel and insidious ‘solution’ to the border problem.

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

They’re going to wait until after the midterms to decide whether Iowa and New Hampshire stay at the front of the line.

The economic downturn is hitting groups in different ways.

With all of California’s problems solved, Gavin Newsome is doing stunts.

Police and the Punisher Skull

An absurd extension of the fight over abortion.

Republicans killed their parents and demanding mercy for being orphaned.

A new initiative aims to right decades-old wrongs.

Abortion is now illegal or heavily restricted in at least 11 states.

So, what now?

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

More ugly revelations about the football hero turned politician.

It’s not all about Trump.

A decades-long decline has ended.

Some thoughts.

A recurring genre about presidents.

You-VAL-dee? You-VAHL-day? Oo-VAHL-deh?

A slim majority upheld an injunction, kicking the can down the road.

Despite their military trappings and propaganda, they’re seldom heroes.

Some GOP governors are taking a stance against Trump.

It doesn’t appear the Uvalde TX police were underfunded

The obstacles to fixing the problem are many.

Some great suggestions, same lame ones, and some missed opportunities.

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

More on primaries with a foray into Madison and the general politics of power-seekers and incentives.

At least not right away. But it’s quite possible by 2040.

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

When doing the right thing is the wrong thing.

Why would a group that claims it has evidence of ballot harvesting refuse to turn it over?

Did we not already know this?

There are too many variables to make generalized calculations.

Political theater on the southern border.

More willingness to subvert the election.

An extraordinary example shines light on coercive factors that incentivize plea deals

Two hundred-odd people have pled or been found guilty. One has been acquitted.

The SAT is a poor measure of college aptitude but it’s better than most others.

Do you believe in miracles?

It would appear to be the case.

As predicted, rejections of ballots is up.

Greatest democracy in the world, right?

It seems that some Americans are relocating to be with people who share their social and cultural views.

Data from Texas underscore a frequent point about primaries.