Outside the Beltway

The President’s initial reaction to the release of the whistleblower complaint is about what you’d expect from a petty dictator.

The top four Democratic candidates are grouped closely together in the most recent polls out of delegate-rich California.

The ground shook overnight in Southern California for the second time in two days.

Stan Lee’s former business manager has been arrested on charges that he used his influence over the late Marvel Comics founder to divert funds and alienate Lee from his family in his final months of life.

Its explanation for why its paywall is coming down 3 days leads us to an obvious question.

Taking Joe Biden’s bait, President Trump once again defended his response to the racist rally in Charlottesville two years ago..

Labor law has not kept up with our changing economy.

The Southern Law Poverty Center has fired its co-founder for vaguely-specified reasons.

An over-the-top police response to a non-violent offense.

The key remains the military.

It turns out, The Duke wasn’t all that woke.

Gender bias is real. Most examples cited, though, aren’t.

Is 50 percent too high a take? Or the best deal in town?

William Barr, who served as Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush, has been selected to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

Losing the midterms is not going over well with the President.

With one week to go before Election Day, Democrats seem well-positioned to gain control of the House while Republicans seem likely to hold on to the Senate.

Reports about tension between Defense Secretary James Mattis and President Trump are becoming louder, and it’s being suggested that Mattis could be out of office after the midterms.

In trying to assess the Helsinki press conference, a blast from the past deserves a second look.

California’s Democratic Party endorsed “progressive” upstart Kevin de León over Senator Dianne Feinstein, but this is unlikely to stop Feinstein from winning election to a sixth term in office.

Some considerations on the politics of Roe v. Wade.

Federal law protects internet companies from liability for statements written by others.

The White Male Great American Literary Novelist for the 21st Century is not a fan of modern realities.

The Trump administration’s approach to immigrant children is a serious test of our national morality.

Tim Draper’s fantasy will finally get a vote this November.

It isn’t a primary and it is an illustration of how electoral rules affect behavior.

American companies are struggling to comply with the EU’s new privacy regulation, with many outlets choosing to simply block access abroad.

The new Secretary of State is an improvement over the worst Secretary of State in history.

The long-time public radio host has died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

The Director of ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ and ‘Amadeus,’ both of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, has died at the age of 86.

The woman who wounded three people at the video company before killing herself posted insane rants all over social media.

Not an Easter song, exactly, but certainly evocative of some of the holiday’s major themes.

Joe Arpaio is saying he might reopen his “investigation” into former President Obama’s birthplace if he’s elected Senator.

The octogenarian failed to get her party’s endorsement for a sixth term.

Mueller tightens the screws even further.

One of the main objections that many on the right seem to have to proposals to legalize DACA beneficiaries and other illegal immigrants is the idea that they could eventually become citizens. There’s no good reason they shouldn’t be able to do so.

Of course Donald Trump wants a military parade, it would be consistent with his delusions of grandeur.

Federal Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski is resigning immediately after a barrage of sexual harassment allegations.

Roy Moore wishes he was back in the days of cotton when families were close and African-Americans were enslaved.

On North Korea, there are two options, deterrence and war. And only one of those options makes sense.

Another mass shooting.

He had more than three dozen Top 40 pop hits through the 1950s and early ’60s, among them ”Blueberry Hill,” ”Ain’t It a Shame,” “I’m Walkin’,” “Blue Monday” and “Walkin’ to New Orleans.”

The band leader of the Heartbreakers and the Traveling Wilburys is gone.

Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.

The Trump Administration is continuing, and indeed expanding, its war on a free press.