Outside the Beltway

The veteran character actor has died of cancer at 66.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

The one-time Van Halen frontman is throwing in the shoes.

The SNL comic has died of cancer at 61.

A new story archetype is all too common.

And so general discussion of vaccine passports and requirements in the US.

COVID vaccine hesitancy is just the tip of the iceberg.

Not surprisingly, it has been a bit contentious.

The indicators are pointing in the direction of caffeine being good for most people.

Should he be worried about the appearance of partisan gaming?

A veteran health reporter says the end is near. But there’s a huge caveat.

On fiscal policy and historical comparisons.

The 94-year-old legend is finally getting his due.

The President used his first speech to Congress as an attempt to unite the country.

More dramatic stats from a difficult year.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

The 97-year-old former Senator and Presidential candidate is ill.

There’s more than enough opinion journalism.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

Our two-party system distorts the representativeness of our politics.

A grim reminder.

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

The longtime host of Jeopardy! is gone.

A rather remarkable milestone in that it’s coming so late.

“Now this campaign is over, what is the will of the people? What is our mandate?”

When early voting meets tragedy.

A rock and roll legend is gone too soon.

The iconic Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87.

The actor best known for his roles as Jackie Robinson and Black Panther has been lost to cancer.

“We are a cancer and there is no cure,”

The one-time candidate for the GOP presidential nomination is dead at 74.

Another way in which the Framer’s really didn’t understand what they were creating.

A civil rights legend has passed.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

Two rulings greatly expand the ability to evade the law for on Free Exercise grounds.

It is foolish to think that we ever escape politics.

A useful insight from the former late night comic.

A hero of the Afghan War has succumbed to cancer, aged 41.

Critics of the modeling and of the data analysis are being too simplistic.

Conferences, sporting events, and even school has been canceled to avoid spreading the pandemic.

A promising new study.

Another controversy amid a reality show State of the Union address.

Sad news from the conservative talk icon.

Worrisome news for an American icon.

A much smaller debate stage led to a much better debate last night.

René Auberjonois, a long time character actor best known for his roles on Benson and Star Trek: Deep Space NIne, has died at 79.

Paul Volcker, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who put an end to the rampant inflation that threatened to choke the American economy, has died at 92.

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

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent the weekend in the hospital over concerns about a possible infection.