Outside the Beltway

A poor answer to a softball question has created unnecessary controversy.

The last original member of Lynryd Skynyrd has died.

Someone has stepped up to challenge former President Trump.

If this is the best they have, they don’t have a lot

A necessary but likely irrelevant gesture.

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

Oh, FFS.

New York Times columnists are not a representative sample.

The Magnolia State is the last in the nation to have the stars and bars on its state banner.

The preliminary hearing revealed a damning case against the shooter of a young black man.

With her eyes on her political future in a GOP dominated by Trumpism, Nikki Haley is attempting to rewrite the history of one of the most significant events of her time as Governor of South Carolina.

It’s reasonable and just to adjust our outrage based on the context of the time when incidents occurred.

Wearing Donald Trump’s famous campaign symbol creates a presumption of ill intent. Is that fair?

Iowa’s Steve King has long expressed anti-immigrant and racist views, now he’s asking why that’s a bad thing.

The Russians are interfering in our electoral system again, and they’re using our own hyperpartisanship to accomplish their goals.

Corey Stewart rose to become the Republican Party’s Senate nominee in Virginia with blatant appeals to racial division. Now his party fears they’ll be the ones who end up paying the price.

Virginia Republicans nominated arch-Trumpist Corey Stewart for the Senate three weeks ago. His campaign appears to be going about as well as expected.

The battle over Confederate statues that was resurrected by the violence in Charlottesville is off the front pages, but that doesn’t mean it’s over quite yet.

Facts are stubborn things.

It’s time to stop honoring the symbols of a nation of racist traitors.

Iowa Congressman Steve King is causing controversy yet again with his comments in support of far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

Trying to make sense of that which makes no sense.

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton pointed out truths about Donald Trump that his fellow Republicans were too scared to point out during the primary..

The end of Webbmentum is here, my friends.

President Obama’s final State Of The Union Address was largely a recognition of the fact that his time on the world stage is quickly coming to an end.

Jim Webb’s recent criticism of Hillary Clinton is renewing speculation about an independent bid for the White House, but he hardly seems like a viable candidate for such a run.

Five months after Charleston, Mississippi is still struggling to rid itself of symbols of the Confederacy.

Dylann Roof has been indicted in Federal Court for completely unnecessary reasons.

Rand Paul’s Presidential campaign isn’t going so well at the moment.

While “fundamentals” will have more impact on choosing our next president than what happens on the campaign trail, the race itself is important.

Finally.

A Federal Judge has uphold a Patent Office ruling revoking the Redskins Trademarks on the ground that they are “disparaging” toward Native Americans.

Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb is running for President for reasons I would assume make sense to him.

The Confederate Flag needs to be removed from official places of honor, but do we really need to worry about reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard?

The events of the past two weeks could allow the Republican Party to move forward.

The people who continue to claim that the Confederate Flag is about anything other than hatred, racism, and a nation that celebrated slavery are lying to you and to themselves.

Good for her.

If Jim Webb runs for President, he will be the only candidate in either party who is on record defending the Confederate Battle Flag. And he’s thinking of running as a Democrat.

The Confederate battle flag is suddenly toxic.

As Governor Haley pushes the South Carolina legislature to take the Confederate Flag down, the movement moves beyond the Palmetto State.