Outside the Beltway

Really, they owed (and still owe) us better behavior.

American cheese will henceforth be known as liberté cheese. And not because of the metric system.

Part of a disturbing trend.

President Trump’s destruction of longstanding norms continues under his successor.

It’s harder than a looks, especially given the limited size of the problem.

The quasi-monopoly power of the world’s largest bookstore is problematic. Maybe.

The Senate’s last conservative Democrat is taking President Biden’s call for unity seriously.

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.

First whining about losing, now whining about legislation. (And creating chaos along the way).

Wherein I detail evidence of fraud and take the Heritage Foundation’s database of fraud to task.

Women in national security circles love this woman.

Maybe it’s not going to be Michèle Flournoy after all.

What would a reborn GOP look like and who would vote for it?

An interesting if frustrating new survey from Cato.

Presidents have appointed loyalists since time immemorial. Has this one gone too far?

Sigh.

This is no ordinary recession.

There are two theories, neither of them good.

She lost in both of her home states. She shouldn’t be embarrassed.

It’s time to start speculating about a brokered convention again,even though it probably isn’t going to happen.

President Trump has put his son-in-law in charge of building the border wall.

October’s jobs report came back better than expected but hardly something to cheer.

President Trump has reportedly pledged to Chinese President Xi Jinping that the United States would not speak out against Chinese actions in Hong Kong.

The norms of social discourse are rapidly changing in the #MeToo era.

From manufacturing to trade, the negative impact of Trump’s tariffs is becoming quite apparent.