Outside the Beltway

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

The tragedy of Bill Cosby lies not in the downfall of a man once known as “America’s Dad,” but in the fact that a man who was, in fact, a sexual predator was allowed to evade justice for far too long.

Controversies involving Jimmy Kimmel and “The Simpsons” highlight a perennial question.

Bill Cosby heads back to court for a retrial on the sexual assault allegations against him but it’s not going to be the same as the first.

The guy from Real People? He’s rich.

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making it clear she has no intention of leaving office before the 2020 election.

Some Democratic Senators are suggesting that Al Franken should reconsider his decision to resign from the Senate.

Senator Al Franken faces new charges of sexually inappropriate conduct on the same day that House Democrats are beginning to pressure one of their members to resign.

Drip, Drip, Drip?

A Los Angeles reporter says that Minnesota Senator Al Franken groped her and engaged in other inappropriate conduct during a 2006 USO tour.

Progress in Saudi Arabia, but there’s still a long way for this backward, discriminatory society to go.

A loss for the world of comedy.

Donald Trump’s golf courses are displaying something that literally is fake news.

A hung jury in the Cosby sexual assault case results in a mistrial.

Minnesota Senator Al Franken says he’s not running for President. Is this a real denial, or a non-denial denial, though?

Ben Carson is back and he’s saying some pretty dumb things again.

Donald Trump is turning out to be a man uniquely obsessed with appearances, and it’s impacting his entire Administration.

An unsurprising win in the Pelican State.

With Donald Trump on the ballot, Bill Maher regrets some past words. He shouldn’t be the only one.

It wasn’t exactly Lincoln-Douglas but, in the end, Hillary Clinton clearly outperformed Donald Trump last night.

A long way off, but there are some important pre-trial matters to resolve between now and then.

A skilled comedian and unlikely leading man has passed away at the age of 83.

The Greatest Of All Time.

A Pennsylvania Judge ruled today that there was sufficient evidence against Bill Cosby to allow the sexual assault charges against him to proceed to trial.

An agreement purportedly made ten years ago by a former prosecutor could mean the end of the criminal charges against Bill Cosby.

After nearly two years of decades old stories leaking out, entertainment legend Bill Cosby has been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2005.

President Obama gave an interesting and somewhat unusual interview to a podcaster late last week, but the media is obsessed over a single word.

The debate is ultimately academic.

Trevor Noah will be the next host of The Daily Show. Who’s Trevor Noah? Exactly.

The Navy has stripped Navy veteran Bill Cosby of an honorary promotion in the wake of unproven sexual misconduct accusations.

A desperation move by NBC News?

A man who brought joy and laughter to millions has ended his own life because he was too depressed to go on.

Fairly or not, the President has created the impression that he is not a good leader, and there’s not much he can do about it at this point.

The first episode of “Seinfeld” aired 25 years ago yesterday.

According to some surveys, Americans are getting a lot more sleep than they think they are. Really?

A step up from The Colbert Report.

Apparently, there is an off ramp on the Appalachian Trail

An opportunist ruins a good joke and hijacks an important discussion.