Outside the Beltway

Fifty years ago today, we were reminded of what humanity can accomplish if we put our minds to it. It seems like we’ve forgotten that over the past half-century.

How insidious talking points spread in the modern media environment.

Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail last night with another one of his red meat speeches. The analogies it causes one to draw are chilling to say the least.

Anchoring of CBS Evening News is not what it used to be.

Arguably, the three dominant players of today are 1-2-3.

Last night New York City experienced what turned out to be a short-lived blackout mostly limited to Manhattan’s West Side, but it brought back memories of much bigger events.

Delay of game.

The Trump Administration is expected to begin mass deportation raids as early as this weekend.

The victory of the U.S. Women’s team in the World Cup has renewed a long-standing argument over pay equity, but the issue is far more complicated than it seems.

Iran announced that it was exceeding another limitation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, upping the already tense situation in the Persian Gulf

The U.S. Women’s National Team won their second consecutive World Cup, their fourth overall, in a 2-0 win over The Netherlands.

Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire investor previously charged with sex crimes involving minors, has been charged with sex trafficking involving minors.

Should the pundit class look more like America?

Ideas, not tanks.

After 67 years, Mad magazine is ceasing publication of new material.

One of America’s fist celebrity CEO’s has passed away at the age of 94.

President Trump And the RNC raised a record amount in the second quarter of the year.

Mayor Pete is raking in the dough.

Is the United States finally ready to give up on the fantasy that North Korea will surrender its nuclear weapons?

President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un met at the Demilitarized Zone for what amounts to their third summit in a year. As with the previous two, there was nothing of substance accomplished.

The first Democratic debate drew record numbers on both nights.

Not content with taking a wrecking ball to America’s trans-Atlantic alliances, the President is attacking our trans-Pacific allies as well.

WIth the top two candidates in the race on the same stage, the second night of the first Democratic debate was much feistier than the first night.

Democrats clashed, to some degree, in last night’s inaugural debate of the 2020 season but they clearly agreed far more than they disagreed.

Stephanie Grisham, presently a top aide to First Lady Melania Trump, has been named the new White House Press Secretary and Communications Director.

Robert Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress in public. Testimony that is likely to be the big story of the summer.

Trump and Iran.

Following through on a threat made by the President earlier this week, immigration authorities are reportedly planning mass raids aimed primarily at immigrant families starting tomorrow.

Another woman has accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her some 20 years ago.

The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s sex offender registry violates due process protections in the state and Federal Constitutions.

As if the situation in the Persian Gulf weren’t already tense enough, the Iranians shot down an American reconnaissance drone late yesterday

Not only are we deploying it more slowly than China and others but we’re doing it in a way that will live behind rural Americans.

A new report suggests that the Chinese movie-going market will surpass the American market in 2020.

Today’s edition of “I Am Not Making This Up,”

Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway stands credibly accused of multiple violations of Federal law. The President will do nothing about it.

For the first time in more than thirty years, NASA is preparing to unveil a program to allow civilians to travel to the International Space Station.

Donald Trump has betrayed the legacy and the sacrifices of the soldiers who fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy.

Seventy-five years ago today, American soldiers and our allies undertook an invasion that helped change the world.

According to one new study, President Trump’s tweets aren’t having the same impact they used to.

His colum in WaPo isn’t very good.

Strong public records laws, not an excess of weirdness, has driven a sad meme.

Wherein I explore the notion that ignorance is bliss.

Do you want to get money out of politics? You need to get politics out of money.

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash is the lone Republican voice speaking out against the President, and he’s making a strong case for his position in favor of impeachment.

Michael Avenatti, the former attorney for Stormy Daniels who briefly flirted with the idea of running for President, has been charged with multiple counts of fraud and other charges, some of them in connection with his representation of Daniels herself.

Herman Wouk, best known for works such as The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance, has died at the age of 103.

Legendary Comedian Tim Conway has died at the age of 85.

Passing up an opportunity that other Democrats are taking, Elizabeth Warren is declining to appear on Fox News Channel. This seems like an unwise decision.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.