Outside the Beltway

Where religious zealotry can lead. (So, yes, a digression into American politics).

Sigh.

The press really needs to stop trying to make fetch happen.

A perennial fantasy has a new standard bearer.

The longtime politician and statesman is gone at 75.

Americans don’t want either Trump or Biden! Film at 11.

tl;dr: Trump is a nightmare client & nightmare clients don’t do well in criminal courts

It’s not nearly as far-fetched as most of us would like to believe.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

This time, it’s the feds.

Shockingly, the current President’s numbers are worse than his predecessor’s.

They join DC and San Francisco.

The punishments are increasing as the worst of the worst are sentenced.

“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.”

I will admit, I didn’t see this coming.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

An aggressive but expected move.

You be the judge.

The trailblazing television interviewer is gone at 93.

Covering the coverage.

Planned staff layoffs concern those who fear a free-for-all.

The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

A few stories to comment on that did not lead to full posts.

Sigh.

She’s almost certainly going to lose her House seat. Can she get a promotion?

A disease spreading mostly among gay men is now infecting small children.

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

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

Some great suggestions, same lame ones, and some missed opportunities.

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

Seeing no way to win under their own label, they’ve called a Hail Mary.

The veteran journalist and Fox News original is gone at 75.

Since when is it a crime to say stupid things on “The View”?

The television star increasingly known for her longevity has passed days shy of her 100th birthday.

Apparently, getting her elected President is not a high enough priority in the Biden White House.

With an obvious but important caveat.

You’re a monster, Dr. Grinch, Your heart’s an empty hole.

The West Virginia Senator has taken the football from Charlie Brown and gone home.

The West Virginia Senator is the epicenter of contemporary American politics.

The Catch-22 of passing a massive spending bill in an undemocratic system.

Sound decisions require sound reporting.

Making it difficult for refuseniks works better than prizes.

J.D. Vance’s cynical suggestion.

Don’t believe your lying eyes.

The Supreme Court justice least concerned with precedent wants to overturn a longstanding one.

A laser focus on the pandemic and economic insecurity has him in good shape at the traditional check-in point.