Outside the Beltway

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.

While progressives in the party are often frustrated with the West Virginia Senator, he is demonstrating yet again that he’s no Republican.

His stale jokes about eating dog have drawn fire for years.

The U.S. Senators and a U.S. Representative beg to differ.

Credulous reports notwithstanding, there’s more to the story.

Pandemic-induced recession? What pandemic-induced recession?

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

The Supreme Court refused to block a lower court order.

It’s time to up our protection game.

Will there be in-fighting? Yes. A break-up? No.

Saruman’s rigid arrogance ultimately made him pathetic. Sound familiar?

She’d be America’s first woman intelligence chief.

The virus is real and infections and exposures have consequences.

The inevitable happened, as extremist organizations descended on DC.