Outside the Beltway

In the end there can be only one.

Was Marbury v. Madison a mistake?

Too many! Too few!

The world’s largest democracy just became more democratic.

Voters in Mexico, India, and South Africa are making their voices heard.

Most of the biggest countries in the world have birth rates below replacement level.

A tragedy on multiple levels.

Will wonders never cease?

The innumeracy hurts.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

The Eurozone is falling further behind the United States.

Get me higher than the grocery bill.

A 5-4 ruling overturns a unanimous decision from 1985.

France shines new light on an old problem.

Most high-income Congressional Districts are Democratic and low-income Districts are Republican.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

The one-time Juiceboxer is still annoying the mainstream media.

We can’t find enough people to treat cows, pigs, and horses.

Three-and-a-half years and almost 6 million tax dollars have produced nothing.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

An unlikely source argues that it’s too big and poorly targeted.

The West Virginia Senator has pulled away the football yet again.

Who should have the final say on the law of the land?

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

It doesn’t add up.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

Three days late, $1.2 billion long.

Too woke! Not woke enough!

The President seems to have persuaded the progressives in his party to settle for half a loaf.

The convicted criminal has taken his shenanigans to court.

It’s happening again. This time, it was easily preventable.

The President is looking for any leverage he can to get refuseniks vaccinated.

The collapse is not his doing. But he’s accountable for the poor planning.

An unfunded mandate remains in place.

We’re at the lowest rate in generations.

Mostly about how not to do it.

The President is about to roll out another massive spending plan.

We can all agree that it’s important but not what it is.

Competing analogies and externalities.

And what GOP opposition says about the party.

Yet another reminder about pathologies of US democracy.

What was mere signaling under a Republican Senate and President could now become law.

An opportunity for unity and a restoration of normal order.

A tale so bizarre it is hard to believe it is real.

The pandemic is highlighting an international shame.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

This isn’t what leadership looks like.