Outside the Beltway

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

The iconic actor best known as the original movie James Bond is dead at 90.

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

Ku Klux Klan jokes, fake lynchings, and the like were routinely depicted even at places like Cornell.

The tough guy actor best known for the “Smokey And The Bandit” movies has passed away at the age of 82.

The President was up late last night sending an incredibly over-the-top tweet directed at Iran.

Salary-based definitions distort the conversation. And lifestyle-based definitions are a moving target.

Hugh Hefner, who became both a cultural icon and a catalyst and reflector of vast social changes, has died at the age of 91.

R.I.P., Caped Crusader

Roger Moore, who played James Bond for a longer period and in more films than any other actor to date, has died at the age of 89.

The creator of some of the most popular television programming of the 1970s has passed away at the age of 81.

Sony is warning the press not to publish material leaked by hackers, but it doesn’t have much of a legal leg to stand on.

The Three Hour Tour Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Heather Havrilesky asks, “Why Are Americans So Fascinated With Extreme Fitness?

The classic “Tom and Jerry” cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s come with a “racial prejudice” warning from Amazon.

There’s a new round of allegations about American spying on Germany.

On screen body objectification is now equal opportunity.

The Anger Management Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The soft underbelly of the post-ownership society.

George Lucas has sold the Star Wars franchise to Disney, which has announced a new Star Wars movie for 2015.

Why isn’t the American middle class and working class angrier at the 1 percent?

The trailer for the next Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises,” is out.

Do the less attractive deserve legal protection? One University Of Texas Profess thinks so.

A crippling, and technologically advanced, computer virus and attacks against Iranian nuclear scientists lead to only one conclusion; someone is doing everything they can short of military action to make sure Iran doesn’t develop nuclear weapons.