Outside the Beltway

The iconic actor best known as the original movie James Bond is dead at 90.

Same endless song, different verse.

Instead of a second presidential debate, we got competing TV shows.

Alabama’s head football coach and athletic director have both tested positive for COVID-19.

No, our topic infectious disease expert did not endorse President Trump.

The world’s worst COVID manager is now the world’s worst COVID patient.

A national nightmare that may not have changed many minds.

The President is deeply leveraged with no escape in sight.

Yet another twist in an ongoing saga.

The Electoral College is once again having the opposite effect of what its defenders claim.

The formula: promote an image until the jig is up.

The legendary Georgetown basketball coach is gone.

The official campaign to oust Donald Trump is off to a good start.

I’ve been thinking it wrong for years.

Joe Biden’s running mate will be highly scrutinized. What’s fair game?

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

Preying on the fears of old white people is good business.

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

A clip from Trump’s Axios interview shows a man who really does not understand what is going on.

“We are a cancer and there is no cure,”

It’s much easier to fund bad information than good.

A great character actor is gone.

Trump’s irresponsibility continues.

A world in which we’re all contractors is a dystopian utopia.

A new company has reinvented the communication tool that people love to hate.

We can’t punish every politician with a mental problem, but some are clearly unfit for office.

Conspiracy theories are poisoning the United States. That’s no joke.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

The weirdness of Internet outrage culture.

Ongoing ambiguity is not helpful.

A movement that has grown beyond recognition.

Lawfare has some very interesting data.

The longtime Fox News host has re-emerged at an unusual spot.

The president of the country with the second most cases and fatalities has tested positive.

The Country Music Hall of Famer is gone.

A legendary comic is gone.

Another bow to the inevitable.

A reckoning for 2500 Kosovar Serb civilians who were slaughtered is at hand.

A television interview promoting his book further reveals what an awful man he is.

The contrast could not be more clear.

If the goal is to change politics, not just vent frustration, messaging is important.

The “Leave it to Beaver” actor went on to a career with the LAPD.

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is coming to CBS All Access.

A bizarre twist to a tragic story.

He revolutionized how we think of male homosexuality.

It’s about damned time.

Thoughts on Biden’s low profile and Trump’s daily exposure.

Cable news “experts” frequently aren’t.

People who keep calling Covid-19 “just the flu” haven’t looked very closely at the numbers.