Outside the Beltway

It would all be just absurd if it didn’t matter so much.

A significant slice of the electorate focuses only on the president.

If the politics of cruelty has peaked, what follows?

The disconnect between perception and reality about elections.

The polls are showing a really weird dynamic.

…and I write a bit more than that.

And who is “we”?

Thinking out loud, as one does.

Definitely not advice from the pope

How that awful man won again.

It’s the opposite of politics as usual.

A modest disturbance in the force.

A mild-mannered JD Vance out-debated a nervous Tim Walz. It won’t matter.

And his corruption.

Beyond politics, there’s culture.

Doubling down on the MAGA.

MAGA has eaten the Tea Party.

The rule of law is under seige.

So many intentions to write, so little time.

Cults of personality are not the same as cults.

White Christian nationalism and the fight for control of America.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

They’re angry and yet having a good time.

How far should the government be able to go?