Outside the Beltway

Why clearing criminal records makes economic sense

A pretty good President has numbers comparable to his historically bad predecessor.

Some pundits have high standards.

It turns out “the economy” isn’t just one thing.

The equivalent of Pennsylvania’s entire labor force is sitting on the sidelines.

A series of mismatches mean would-be workers can’t find employment despite an abundance of openings.

Democrats and Independents are losing their enthusiasm. But some perspective is needed.

“If the conservative cause depends on the populist appeal of one personality, or on second-rate imitations, then we’re not going anywhere.”

Are we thinking about job training all wrong?

The economy looks to be in full recovery. But it’s not clear how much credit the President deserves.

The loaners, the dreamers, and schemes.

An opportunity for unity and a restoration of normal order.

The 46th President has been busy signing proclamations signaling a new direction.

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

Tunisia is freer but poorer than it was before Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate act.

The popular former governor wants another crack at it.

Another sign of the dissent of the GOP into madness.

Usually candidates don’t talk about how bad things are across the country while appealing to be re-elected.

To mix cultural references: less than meets the eye.

Remember how people used to think he was playing multi-dimensional chess?

The emotional and economic impact of the pandemic is hitting women especially hard.

Trump should be worried.

A solid piece of satire.

More evidence that walls don’t work as well as claimed.

Biden’s polling lead over Trump is historically stable.

Things are going to get better. And far worse.

More Americans are out of work than at any time since the Great Depression.

“Will some people be affected badly? Yes.”

Unintended consequences of a necessary policy.

Or just a bump in the road?

Critics of the modeling and of the data analysis are being too simplistic.

It would be laughable, but the White House might be interested.

Finally.

The President tweeted, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

We may be in a national crisis but it’s still politics as usual in Washington.

Which ones have you owned?

The leading papers in Iowa and New Hampshire are backing Klobuchar and Warren, respectively.

One weird trick for knowing if a given action will affect public opinion on Trump.

With the House of Representatives just days away from impeaching President Trump, polling shows that public opinion on the issue has not changed much since October.

What lessons are there for the United States in general, and Democrats in particular, in last weeks British election?

New polling shows that the American public does not support the President and his trade war.

Paul Volcker, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who put an end to the rampant inflation that threatened to choke the American economy, has died at 92.

November saw much higher jobs growth than economic analysts were expecting, but it could just be a statistical blip.

Virginia voters don’t like Donald Trump, or Republicans in general, very much right now, and that could translate into Democrats taking control of the state legislature for the first time in nearly 30 years.

While the economy is likely to remain at its current levels for the next year, that probably won’t help Trump and the GOP much.

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

The economy grew an anemic 1.9% in the third quarter according to the first estimate of the state of the economy over the summer.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.