Outside the Beltway

Democratic candidates for President are quickly voicing support for marijuana legalization.

After posting an image that clearly threatened a Federal Judge, Roger Stone walked out of court with a full gag order imposed on him. It could’ve gone a lot worse.

Justice Clarence Thomas argues that a 55-year-old precedent should be overturned.

Bret Stephens on Howard Schultz

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is the latest Democratic entrant into the 2020 race for President.

Carlos Sanchez, who portrayed Juan Valdez the unofficial ambassador of Colombian coffee for some 30 years, has died at the age of 83.

In a move that is likely to have political and international consequences, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has officially severed ties with Moscow.

With Congress out of town until at least Thursday and negotiations apparently deadlocked, the White House is saying it’s likely the shutdown will last into 2019.

The Trump Administration is reportedly preparing to withdraw the small contingent of American troops from Syria. If it actually happens, this would be a good move.

As expected, Bill Cosby’s lawyers have filed an appeal of his conviction earlier this year on sexual assault charges.

Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema will end up representing Arizona in the Senate together.

President Trump has fired his Attorney General, a move than many are interpreting as the precursor to a move against Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Last Tuesday, Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain a document he needed. He hasn’t been seen since.

Christine Blasey Ford put “two teenagers” at the party where she alleges a rape attempt occurred. Neither remembers any such party.

Laura Ingraham has responded to the deluge of criticism to her foolish and disturbing commentary. This response is also disturbing. Her attempt to walk back the racist tone of her monologue falls flat. Her statement trying to make her views more clear reveal more of her limited thinking on this matter and in general.

The Garden State has put a hold on marijuana prosecutions in anticipation of full legalization by the end of the year.

There is a general anti-immigrant current in this administration.

Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the Moon, has died at the age of 86

The Leader of the Free World is, sadly, enabling atrocities.

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

Whether they like it or not, Republican candidates in the midterms will have to run with the albatross of Donald Trump around their necks.

The eighty year old mystery regarding the fate of famed aviator Amelia Earhart may have taken a step toward being solved if the results of a new forensic study are correct.

In a healthy democracy we need not agree, nor must we finally even respect one another’s objects of devotion.  But we should exercise a salutary measure of mutual forbearance and be willing to acknowledge that no side has a monopoly on either truth or justice.

Poland’s President has signed a controversial bill that purports to criminalize any effort to tie Poland to the Holocaust.

Two weeks later, it’s still unclear what caused a false missile alert to be sent out in Hawaii.

In May, Irish voters will vote on a referendum to remove the near-universal ban on abortion in the nation’s Constitution. And it looks as though it will pass.

The Polish Government appears ready to approve a law that seeks to whitewash the truth about the role that many Poles played in the Holocaust.

Merry Christmas!

Two months after a referendum that supported independence from Spain, Catalan voters head to the polls for a new round of parliamentary elections that remain up in the air.

Yesterday was the seventy-sixth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. For most Americans, though, it was just another day. That’s only natural.

Things are heating up very quickly in Catalonia.

What could possibly go wrong?

Americans as a whole are becoming less religious and some people are panicking about it.

The widow of Sgt. La David Johnson spoke out about the death of her husband and the controversy over the phone call she received from President Trump. And Trump proceeded to attack her and call her a liar.

Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy has said he will act to remove Catalonia’s pro-independence leadership from power.

The standoff between Madrid and Barcelona over Catalan independence appears to be ready to come to an end.

Another big change for the Boy Scouts.

A very weak jobs report thanks mostly to the impact of two Category 5 hurricanes.

After Sunday’s referendum, the government of Catalonia says it may declare independence from Spain as early as Monday. However, it’s likely to be a completely meaningless act.

Catalonia voted overwhelmingly for independence from Spain, but it’s not at all clear that the vote will amount to anything.

Progress in Saudi Arabia, but there’s still a long way for this backward, discriminatory society to go.

Kurds in Iraq voted overwhelmingly for independence in a non-binding referendum, and the result is threatening to create a new conflict in the Middle East.

As the date for Catalonia’s disputed independence referendum nears, tensions are rising between Madrid and Barcelona.

Ending a mission that began when it was launched nearly twenty years ago, the Cassini probe was sent into Saturn’s atmosphere to perform one final task.

More foreign policy amateurism.

In less than a month, voters in the Catalan region of Spain will be voting whether to remain part of Spain or assert independence.

One of the legal giants in the Federal Judiciary has retired from the bench.

August’s Jobs Report came in below expectations.

The new GDP growth estimate shows healthy economic growth in the second quarter, but it’s unclear if it can be sustained.