Outside the Beltway

Dave Schuler has roused himself from his boredom with the news to comment on the passing of Bob Fletcher, of whom I’d never heard. It’s a story worth hearing if you haven’t.

Jean Stapleton, an accomplished stage and screen actress who achieved entertainment immortality playing opposite Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker’s long-suffering wife Edith, has died at the age of 90:

My latest for The National Interest, “Kenneth Waltz’s Crucial Logic,” has posted.

Legendary country music singer George Jones has died, aged 81.

The man who changed the way Americans viewed newspapers, just before newspapers themselves began getting pushed aside by technology, has died at the age of 89.

Mal Moore, who was part of ten football championships at Alabama, has died at 73.

Steve Davis, who quarterbacked Oklahoma to back-to-back national titles, died in a plane crash yesterday. He was 60.

The Cowboys’ first equipment manager and designer of the iconic blue star logo has died.

John Karlin, an industrial psychologist for Bell Labs that you’ve probably never heard of, has died aged 94.

Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City and one of America’s most colorful politicians, has died at 88.

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander during Operation Desert Storm, has died at the age of 78.

Bob Dole isn’t in the best of health but he nonetheless treked to the Capitol to pay his final respects to an old friend.

Robert Bork, the controversial jurist whose failed Supreme Court bid ushered in a new climate in American politics, has died at 85.

Alex Karras has died after a long illness. He was 77.

A true pioneer passed away today.

“Top Gun” director Tony Scott is dead, aged 68, after an apparent suicide.

The novelist, playwright, and social critic Gore Vidal has died, aged 86.

Donald Perry, the head of public relations for Chick-fil-A, has died of a heart attack in the midst of the national controversy surrounding the chain’s stance of gay marriage.

Andrew Sullivan believes Sally Ride “had a chance to expand people’s horizons and young lesbians’ hope and self-esteem, and she chose not to.”

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died yesterday aged 61. Her obituary revealed that she was gay.

Rob Tornoe has revised his Joe Paterno-Bear Bryant cartoon in light of the Freeh Report.

Sage Stallone, who appeared with his father Sylevester is several films, has died aged 36 of an apparent prescription drug overdose.