Outside the Beltway

It’s becoming a sad joke.

The soccer legend has passed at 82.

“You can’t be against everything.”

James LaPorta is being scapegoated for poor editorial process.

The “America First” slate of candidates lost all but one contest.

The stand-up comic is gone at 76.

Boosting weak candidates in the Republican primaries paid off.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

Journalists openly root for a good story.

The collaboration has been even more robust than advertised.

He’s using a tool he denounced as cruel to deal with a humanitarian crisis.

Candidate quality can matter.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

How much say should the community have in what’s included?

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

The agency says a 1986 law overrides state restrictions.

They should panic, right?

Much ado about a perfectly normal phenomenon.

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

Our ostensible ally is seeking to rebrand itself.

The polls do not bode well for Democrats.

Because of course it was.

No casualties, American or otherwise, have been reported.

U.S. taxpayers have been spending $2 million a month for his protection.

The legendary AP politics reporter is gone at 87.

The anti-vax-and-other-stuff protest is spreading to Europe.

The beloved comedian and actor is gone at 65.

The legendary football player and coach is gone at 77.

A media critic argues we pay outsized attention to the goings-on at Fox, MSNBC, and CNN.

A contrast in styles.

The first modern stand-up comedian has died at 94.

The veteran character actor has died of cancer at 66.

It appears that normal safeguards were ignored, leading to disaster on the set.

The flake beat the weirdo.

Humanitarian instincts rightly trumped security concerns.

The actor best known for his role as Lou Grant has died at 91.

The 16th time may be the charm for Robert Kennedy’s killer.

The legendary country music singer-songwriter known as “The Storyteller” is gone at 85.

The mirage of semi-order faded quickly.

What’s smaller than minuscule?

Public health shouldn’t be made into a partisan issue.

The Commonwealth is much more diverse than national election returns might indicate.

A reckless campaign of violence has now targeted American journalists.

Getting an impartial jury in an internationally-famous case is next to impossible.

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

The numbers are staggering and getting worse.

Major is a good boy who hardly ever bites anybody.