Outside the Beltway

It certainly isn’t how the US Constitution functions.

They repeatedly said he has been found “liable for rape.” The nerve.

In which I agree with Trump about the problem, but NOT the solution

A chilling feature from the Wall Street Journal.

And his corruption.

A regional pilot program could be expanding.

One of the most notorious war criminals in American history is dead at 80.

Cruelty with compound interest.

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

Does Nicholas Kristof make his case?

So many intentions to write, so little time.

The Top Two system has created perverse incentives.

The four-team Playoff will go out making a lot of folks mad.

A second Republican Speaker has reached across the aisle to avert a government shutdown.

The party’s 2012 nominee is an indicator of how fall it has fallen.

Can generosity be wrong?

The Arizona gubernatorial loser is back to lose the Senate.

Congress is doing something, at least.

The Senate is voting one-by-one in the face of the Tuberville hold on top nominees.

The rapidly changing face of college sports.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

You can’t fire me, I quit!

A perennial question.

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

A symbolic gesture is now highly impractical, if not harmful.

It turns out that the candy flavored booze at the grocery store isn’t even bourbon.

The anti-Trump Republican could find re-election difficult.

Congress is poised to legislate protections previously mandated by the courts.

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

The court, rightly, punted the issue to Congress and local leaders.

Some stories and passing comments.

For your consideration.

So, what now?

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

The laying out of the case begins.

Seeing no way to win under their own label, they’ve called a Hail Mary.

The longest-serving Republican Senator has died at the age of 88.

He was clearly willing to subvert the election.

A potentially more representative map that still underscores deep flaws in our system.

Because of course it was.

The Court is out of balance–and it is a design flaw.

He’s tanned. He’s rested. Is he ready?

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

It might feel good but it has zero impact on Putin.

Why clearing criminal records makes economic sense

In their censure of Cheney and Kinzinger the GOP wants to rewrite history.

Let’s not start celebrating just yet.

Apparently, New York and Oregon are not the same place.