Outside the Beltway

Two *really* different versions of an iconic song.

The chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors is out after failing to convince the boss not to impose tariffs.

We may about to see a wave of teacher strikes.

The inevitable response to announcements by the big box stores that they would not sell guns to those under 21 has arrived.

In Defense One, Butch Bracknell and I explain “Why ‘Different Spanks for Different Ranks’ Are Often Justified.”

The President suffered a setback in his other job yesterday.

The Kim regime released a statement saying they were open to talks and would not conduct provocative tests while they were ongoing.

The former Trump campaign official made the most of his 15 minutes of fame.

The 80-year-old Mississippi Republican, who was first elected to the Senate in 1978 after serving six years in the House, has been in poor health.

Several versions of a classic from the year I became a fan of rock and roll.

While Team Trump has gone out of its way to waylay the Russia investigation, this may not be is part of that effort.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

One of my favorite “new” songs in recent years came out in 1994.

Texas has an unusually named (and, well, unusual) candidate for the GOP nomination for governor.

How ‘tainted’ must a funder be before a charity is obliged to reject the donation?

The circumstantial case for corruption by Kushner is growing.

After six months, Angela Merkel has apparently succeeded in forming a coalition government.

After skipping such events in his first thirteen months in office, the President tried his hand at stand-up last night to mixed reviews.

He did what many had thought humanly impossible in running a sub-4 minute mile in 1954 and followed that with a brilliant career in medicine.

The actor best known for his run on M*A*S*H died Saturday after a battle with colon cancer.

The President jokingly praised his Chinese counterpart’s power grab at a fundraiser. But he seriously doesn’t understand the rule of law.

New-to-me music lurks in the strangest places. This time, sports talk radio.

Four social media stars have been fired from their television show after the revelation that Pamela Gellar is their mother.

Responsible governance from the Golden State?

The latest, and most grave, example of the current tide of right-wing populism can be found in Italy.

Both parties are up compared to 2014, but Democratic votes are way up.

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says war against North Korea would be worth it. Ignoring the fact that it would result in casualties unlike anything America has seen since the Vietnam War.

Was the 2016 contest unique, or are we destined to forever vote against the candidate we hate most?

Under Nelson Mandela’s leadership, the country made a smooth transition from apartheid. Now it’s going the way of Zimbabwe.

I almost let the day slip by.

An artist you’ve almost certainly heard but probably never heard of.

Shots fired: European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker threatens to fight back if President Trump imposes tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Once again, the Administration is walking back the President’s statements on a controversial issue.

I’ve made the sad discovery that longtime friend of the blog John Burgess passed away on February 16, 2016.

John Bolton is leading a cry for preemptive war against North Korea.

A group of twenty states have revived an old argument to mount a new legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

Is it legal for retail businesses to restrict gun sales based on age? The short answer appears to be yes.

Yet more absurdity from Brussels, where regulators seemingly don’t understand how the Internet works.

The President provided a contender for most ignorant tweet this morning, as he makes a proposal that would disrupt the global economy.

This isn’t your ordinary windy day.

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether an American company can be required to turn over data stored on servers located overseas.

Will the NRA lobby to have these on America’s streets?

Mike Jeffcoat rejected a prospect, in writing, on account of marijuana being legal in his state, adding, “You can thank your liberal politicians.”

We form stereotypes about generational cohorts when they’re very young and then freeze them.

Staffers are fleeing the administration like rats from a sinking ship.

I’m relaunching the old Late Night OTB music video series with a live version of a modern classic.

President Trump has announced that he’ll be imposing significant tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This is an unwise decision.

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.

Ben Carson comes to his senses, but questions still remain about his family seeming to benefit from his position in government.

Few Western democracies have anything quite like our First Amendment. This is a case where the United States gets it right.