Outside the Beltway

Richer than Germany 20 years ago, it’s now poorer than Mississippi.

Winning is impossible, but stopping is too painful.

Also, this Just In: WWII Was 80 Years Ago

So much winning.

The Epstein fallout highlights differences in the US and UK systems.

An oft-misunderstood legal principle.

He’s dreaming of a White America, it would seem.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for.

The move to build Trump’s Big Beautiful Ballroom is moving at record speed.

Some musings on the wrong lessons from a major global event.

A potentially costly rebrand and strange bedfellows.

A historically inaccurate bit of symbolic silliness.

There are no satisfying answers.

The last survivors want us to remember the horrors of nuclear war.

No. But it won’t matter.

Thinking about possible outcomes.

But Not Really (Wink Wink)

A 20% reduction would require massive changes in law and approach.

Whether it’s a good policy will depend almost entirely on execution.

On renaming commemorations.

The polls are showing a really weird dynamic.

Todd Lyons, acting Director of ICE provides the latest example.

Insights into Trump’s worldview.