Outside the Beltway

It depends.

A legendary actor is gone at 87.

A long tradition continues unabated.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one . . .

The actor best known for his role in “Friends” is gone at 54.

Helping the victims of degree mills.

Forget the cafe latte, screw the raspberry iced tea.

Get me higher than the grocery bill.

The worst of the worst Capitol Riot players have been brought to justice.

A study has found significant health benefits.

The Baretta actor and acquitted murderer is dead at 89.

The last original member of Lynryd Skynyrd has died.

Cities across the United States are taking the wrong approach to a crisis.

Traffic deaths are going down in most of the world. Not here.

A member of the inaugural Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class and the most recent Country Music Hall of Fame class is gone at 87.

Another example of the arbitrariness of the death penaly

When you tax sin, you need more of it.

It might feel good but it has zero impact on Putin.

Musings about US politics and culture.

There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.

The singer and actor, born Marvin Lee Aday, is gone at 74.

Apparently, New York and Oregon are not the same place.

A lot of America is simply over the pandemic, even if it isn’t over us.

A really strange case.

Disappointment turns to tragedy.

Refusniks are creating an ethical dilemma for the triage system.

Women are increasingly dominating American higher education.

COVID vaccine hesitancy is just the tip of the iceberg.

Don’t believe your lying eyes.

The seemingly unremarkable event hadn’t happened in four decades.

Our cultural divide over the pandemic is turning us into worse people.

Usually candidates don’t talk about how bad things are across the country while appealing to be re-elected.

A rock and roll legend is gone too soon.

The Americana star and son of Steve Earle is gone too soon.

Apparently, we’re not supposed to drink the stuff.

We now have more context but not more relevant facts.

The policy choices before us are not a dichotomy between off and on.

Trump made some odd suggestions on today’s Aló Presidente.

Next thing you know, they’ll tell us to eat vegetables.

What do they know, anyway?

Seeking to have a US citizen investigated by a foreign government based on innuendo is a major problem.

The Trump Administration is considering banning flavored electronic cigarettes. This would be a a bad idea.

The Trump Administration is set to raise tariffs on more products from Europe, including Scotch Whisky and other alcoholic beverages as well as food products and other items.

Virginia has finally repealed a dumb and unconstitutional restriction on how bars could advertise Happy Hours.

The Supreme Court issued a significant ruling on Monday that could make it easier to buy and sell alcoholic beverages across state lines.

While the world is largely focused on the much larger trade war with China, the United States is engaged in a similar battle with a nation that ought to be a natural ally.

The Democratic frontrunner is being wrongly blamed for an explosion in the prison population.

Despite some obstacles, America’s armed forces drink other professions under the table.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has upheld the Administration’s ban on bump stocks.