Outside the Beltway

He revolutionized how we think of male homosexuality.

The reports of the the North Korean dictator’s death have been greatly exaggerated.

Data collection and analysis takes time.

These are serious allegations.

A seemingly impossible coincidence.

No. Just no.

Trump made some odd suggestions on today’s Aló Presidente.

President Trump can’t handle the truth.

These figures indicate that we are experiencing a serious global health crisis that is, empirically, a deviation from the norm.

Or just a bump in the road?

The bad news keeps on coming.

Trump’s performance during this crisis is a reminder that electing an amateur to the presidency is a really bad idea.

Critics of the modeling and of the data analysis are being too simplistic.

Gatherings involve risk at the moment.

Who knew?

A great songwriter is gone at 73.

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

Social distancing is helping but too many aren’t taking it seriously enough.

Leadership matters (as does sources of news).

President Trump has made plenty of mistakes handling this crisis. Let’s not invent dubious ones.

Progressive policy and constituent interests collide.

The 1990s country star is dead at 61.

The update you were probably expecting.

He is actually tweeting about ratings.

Exactly the opposite of what we need in a crisis.

Everything is easier with money.

Trump’s approach from the beginning has been reality-denying. It makes it difficult to take anything the administration proposed seriously.

We may be in a national crisis but it’s still politics as usual in Washington.

He was the king of crossover hits long before Garth Brooks.

This is no ordinary recession.

In his own words

(Alternative title: Narcissist-in-Chief III)

Two members of the House have tested positive.

“The Daily” on Covid-19 and Italy.

It’s time to end this thing.

Most federal workers are still packing themselves into offices.

You can’t make this stuff up.

Too many people still don’t understand the idea behind ‘flattening the curve.’ That includes our President.

People who should know better are making ridiculous claims.

Is this our Rock Hudson moment?

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

As if the country needed more turmoil.

There’s nothing to see here, folks.

The inevitable has happened.

The wagons have been circled.

She lost in both of her home states. She shouldn’t be embarrassed.

The longtime talking head is the latest poster boy for #MeToo. And mandatory retirement.

President Erdogan is playing a dangerous game.

It’s not clear what has been achieved.

Because you needed one more thing to worry about.

It comports with the polling.