Outside the Beltway

Fears about convention goers taking advantage of Colorado’s marijuana laws could harm Denver’s chances of getting the GOP Convention.

Does encouraging binge watching make sense for Netflix?

Politics.

It’s that time of year again.

It’s no wonder that our politics system is a mess when you realize that people don’t trust each other much anymore.

For the first time, Edward Snowden is talking to the American media.

A great American writer has passed away.

Two news items yesterday advanced in some small measure the protection of journalists from having to reveal sources under Court Order.

They’ve got a new President, but there’s still much to do.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is a name we’re likely to be seeing in the news for some time to come.

Diplomatic word games.

Another civilian government falls in Thailand.

A big loss for the Tea Party, and a big win for Mitch McConnell,

The Associated Press doesn’t want its reporters to get too wordy.

Larry Wilmore is getting a much-deserved promotion.

A Tea Party battle in the Cornhusker State

One Virginia county wants to regulate how many people you can have in your home for a visit.

I’m uneasy about a world in which a private conversation, illegally recorded, can be used in this fashion.

Not only does the headline-making rancher have unique views on the nature of both grazing fees and the federal government, he has some positively retro (to use a kind word) views on race.

Who watches Sunday morning talk shows anymore?

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case that will likely be this era’s version of the Betamax case.

On screen body objectification is now equal opportunity.

What could possibly go wrong?

A step up from The Colbert Report.

Jeremiah Denton, a Vietnam War hero and one-term US Senator from Alabama, has died. He was 89.

After national attention, a North Carolina school has rescinded its ban on a 9-year-old boy’s wearing of a “girl’s” backpack.

Politics, media, and the attention span of the average American haven’t really changed as much as we think.

Veteran newsman Garrick Utley has died from prostate cancer at the age of 74.