Outside the Beltway

The men who gathered in Philadelphia to write the Constitution were geniuses. But they couldn’t predict the future.

A sad day for those of us who grew up watching Big Bird, Kermit, and the rest of the Muppets.

Suicide has become a bigger threat to members of the military and veterans than combat. That needs to change.

Revisiting a recent post.

There’s apparently big news in the fight against ISIS.

ISIS is quickly taking advantage of the abrupt American withdrawal from northern Syria.

A conservative columnist argues the legitimacy of our system is in question.

For the first time, it’s conceivable that Republicans will turn against the President.

Another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is gone.

President Trump announced late yesterday that he had called off secret meetings with the Taliban. The fact that they were even going to happen reveals yet again what’s wrong with his foreign policy.

Confirming the original diagnosis, Jeffrey Epstein’s death last weekend has been ruled a suicide.

Donald Trump has found a new far-right lunatic to retweet.

Jeffrey Epstein’s death by suicide has led to many legitimate questions that should be investigated. It has also led to the rise of a number of baseless conspiracy theories.

Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier who was arrested earlier this summer on sex trafficking and abuse charges, has died of what appears to be a suicide in his jail cell.

The first night of the second Democratic debate consisted largely of clashes between the party’s progressive wing and more moderate elements.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

Maine has become the eighth state to pass a law allowing terminally ill the choice to bring their lives to a dignified end.

John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.

The DPRK sent a message to the United States over the weekend, but it’s unlikely the President was listening.

An investigation has found that a doctor linked to Ohio State’s wrestling program abused more than 170 students during his time at the school.

Sunday’s attacks in Sri Lanka make it clear that the claim that ISIS has been defeated are nowhere close to being true.

ISIS is claiming responsibility for Sunday’s attacks in Sri Lanka, a strong sign that the claims by the Trump Administration that it had largely defeated the group were not true.

Evidence is emerging that the Sri Lankan government had advance warning regarding potential terror attacks but failed to act on the information.

Blasts at Christian churches and tourist hotels appear to be a coordinated terrorist attack.

A very strange campaign trail gambit from India’s prime minister.

Many are calling for the UK Prime Minister’s ouster. But the problem is Brexit itself, not any one leader.

A male sophomore makes two suicides in less than a week.

Tragedy piled on top of tragedy.

The Trump Administration still doesn’t have realistic goals for its negotiations with North Korea.

Chelsea Manning is in jail for refusing to comply with a Grand Jury subpoena apparently related to an ongoing investigation of Julian Assange and Wikileaks.

While the rest of the world looks at other events, tensions are flaring in a long-standing global hot spot.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has rejoined the Republican Party, leading many to wonder if he’s considering a challenge to President Trump in 2020.

The American withdrawal from the I.N.F. Treaty gives Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants.

Is the settlement of the government shutdown just delaying the inevitable?

Florida’s New Governor has removed the Sheriff of Broward County over his officer’s lack of response before and during the Parkland shooting.

Washington has become the latest state to ban the sale of semiautomatic assault rifles to persons under 21.

American troops have been in Afghanistan for seventeen years now, it’s time to bring them all home.

Bret Stephens’ piece this week adds up to not much.

Science can’t precisely locate gender but it’s neither fully biological nor fully genetic.

The world loses a genuine war hero.

The first day of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings was much ado about pretty much nothing, but then that can be used to describe a process whose outcome is pretty much foreordained.

Throughout the War On Terror, John McCain stood out as a strong moral voice against the use of torture against prisoners. For that he deserves the thanks of a grateful nation.

President Trump’s much-hyped replacement for NAFTA doesn’t really amount to much and won’t amount to anything unless he can get Canada, and the U.S. Congress, on board.

Senator John McCain has died at the age of 81,

Kofi Annan, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations at the dawn of the “War On Terror,” has died at the age of 80.

In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down a California law requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to provide information about abortion.

Anthony Bourdain was a renowned chef, writer, television host, and storyteller. He also suffered from demons that ultimately caught up with him.

There are twice as many suicides as homicides in America.

Days after designer Kate Spade killed herself, depression has claimed another celebrity.

He thinks his Constitutional rights are being violated. They’re not.