Outside the Beltway

It was yuuuge! And nobody saw it!

Are you going to believe this index or your own lyin’ eyes?

A recurring genre about presidents.

Despite their military trappings and propaganda, they’re seldom heroes.

An unprecedented manuever in response to unprecedented obstruction.

The Biden Administration is constantly bragging about its actions against Russia. Is that wise?

Another journalist has been fired for a cardinal sin.

Crises tend to be distracting.

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

It would appear to be the case.

The plans to replicate the chaos in the Great White North are not coming together.

NATO has stepped up in a pleasantly surprising way to resist the Ukraine invasion.

News and commentary of note.

The great conservative humorist is gone at 74.

The ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Animal House’ producer is gone at 75.

Two unclassified after-action reports shine a new—if one-sided—light on the evacuation.

A protest against vaccine mandates is growing with a little help from our adversaries.

There’s no keeping politics out of these Games.

A scandal within a scandal.

But from what? Comparing two stories from Tennessee that show our society’s contradictory impulses when it comes to “protecting the children.”

A pretty good President has numbers comparable to his historically bad predecessor.

The singer and actor, born Marvin Lee Aday, is gone at 74.

Elections have consequences: Old Dominion Edition

Items for your consideration.

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

The television star increasingly known for her longevity has passed days shy of her 100th birthday.

The Hall of Fame coach and legendary broadcaster is dead at 85.

Some stories of possible interest.

Our system and the shaping of the GOP’s future.

Academic freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

The erstwhile QAnon Shaman will spend another three-and-a-half years in jail.

Journalism is terrible except when compared to the alternatives.

The liberal media is giving all their attention to the tax and spend Democrats!

Is the Worldwide Leader responsible oblivious to bigotry?

A recurring farce that does real damage.

Eleven years after it was canceled, the police procedural is being brought back for a 21st season.

The internecine fight over the budget is coming to a head.

American cheese will henceforth be known as liberté cheese. And not because of the metric system.

The SNL comic has died of cancer at 61.

America’s weatherman is gone. Sadly, he did not make it to 100.

Humanitarian instincts rightly trumped security concerns.

Some Democratic election observers think so.

The new CDC guidelines raise some serious questions.

The latest front on the war on truth.

A laser focus on the pandemic and economic insecurity has him in good shape at the traditional check-in point.

CDC and FDA have recommended a pause after one in a million issues with blood clotting.

And, really, all of this current wave of election legislation.

The Watergate conspirator, author, and talk show host was 90.