Outside the Beltway

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

A break from politics.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

We’re mostly back to “normal” while yet another new strain is surging.

The 45th President was a psychopath.

Vice President Harris gets better care than the average American. Cue the outrage!

The real crime is what’s legal.

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

Ethics, schmethics.

The most important man in the Senate got rich the old fashioned way.

Our system lacks accountability.

Former President Trump routinely broke the law with respect to protecting public records.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. Alas.

Being willing to do anything to survive, but not that.

A piece in The Atlantic inspires thoughts.

At least 40 Members violated the law on reporting stock transactions.

Refusniks are creating an ethical dilemma for the triage system.

The actor known for his roles on “The Wire” and “Boardwalk Empire” is gone at 54.

Making it difficult for refuseniks works better than prizes.

A new career and a pending art sale.

Look at who’s lined up against H.R. 1.

What at first blush appears a case of hypocrisy and cancel culture is a violation of professional ethics.

At least 50 million doses of the AstraZeneca are sitting in American facilities unused.

And what GOP opposition says about the party.

A legally correct but maddening ruling.

143 at the 11th hour.

Biden nominees Janet Yellen, Tony Blinken, and Avril Haines are under scrutiny for their financial disclosures.

The science and ethics are not the hardest part of determining who should go first.

A nonpartisan official is refusing to do her duty.

The AG is Trump’s lawyer, not ours.

Thomas Modly, the acting Secretary of the Navy, has embarrassed himself and must go.

Richard Burr, Jim Inhofe, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler should go to jail.

The mega-billionaire commits to a path quite different from the fake billionaire currently in office.

California Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr. will remain in office for the rest of 2019 notwithstanding his guilty plea.

Those Republicans who recognize how bad President Trump is for he nation but are afraid to speak out against him are as bad as the true believers of Cult45.

George Zimmerman has filed a bizarre conspiracy theory-laden lawsuit against Trayvon Martin’s family, prosecutors, and others.

Lock her up?

Late last week, Attorney General William Barr demonstrated quite aptly the extent to which he has become just another Trump loyalist.

Revisiting a recent post.

The President is committing enough high crimes and misdemeanors without us manufacturing them.

Barely in office a year, California Congresswoman Katie Hill has been forced to resign in the face of inappropriate contact with a staff member and a campaign worker.

After coming under fire for a decision designed primarily to benefit himself and his family, President Trump has decided to walk back the decision to hold the next G-7 Summit at one of his properties.

Elizabeth Warren took most of the fire during last night’s fourth Democratic debate, which will likely go a long way toward winnowing down a crowded field.

Late last week, a Federal Judge in California placed on hold a state law requiring candidates to provide copies of their tax returns.

Congressman Chris Collins, an early supporter of President Trump’s, will be pleading guilty to insider trading charges.