Outside the Beltway

A man who helped create a multi-billion dollar a year industry, and some mighty fine wine, has passed away.

Another icon of popular music has passed away.

An agreement purportedly made ten years ago by a former prosecutor could mean the end of the criminal charges against Bill Cosby.

After nearly two years of decades old stories leaking out, entertainment legend Bill Cosby has been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2005.

A ruling in an unrelated case raises serious doubts about the law used to revoke the Washington Redskins trademarks because they are allegedly ‘disparaging.’

Remembering a legend on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

The quadrennial fantasy of a brokered convention, which American politics has not seen since 1952, is rearing its head again, and it’s no more likely now than it was when we talked about this four years ago.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in a case that could have big implications for redistricting, and the make-up of state legislatures and the House of Representatives.

Boldly going……..again?

Public support for marijuana legalization continues to rise. As with the marriage equality movement, it’s obvious where this will end, The only question is how long it will take to get there.

He definitely wouldn’t appreciate it, but in some sense you can thank Robert Bork for the Supreme Court’s opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges.

The people who continue to claim that the Confederate Flag is about anything other than hatred, racism, and a nation that celebrated slavery are lying to you and to themselves.

A new poll shows that Americans have moved to the left on a wide variety of social issues.

Another step forward toward ending a U.S. policy regarding Cuba that was outdated twenty years ago.

Los Angeles became the latest major city to increase its minimum wage. It’s a risky bet that is likely to do more harm than good.

The final episode airs tonight. How will Matt Weiner will wrap it up?

Some thoughts on a column by Roger Noriega on the Obama administration and Latin America,

Just in case there’s any question, yes, Ted Cruz is Constitutionally eligible to serve as President.

Leonard Nimoy, the actor who became a household name as Mr. Spock with the “Star Trek” television series and movies, has died at 83.

In the end, there is no difference between Roy Moore resisting a Federal Court Order related to same-sex marriage and George Wallace’s efforts to block desegregation.

Pope Francis continues his world tour and has issued a paradox from his private jet.

But, hey, don’t worry, there’s nothing racial going on here. Nothing at all.

The latest ISIS video is horrible and barbaric but we should not take the bait they are offering before considering the consequences of our actions going forward.

There’s more to life than politics. Unfortunately, there are many Americans who don’t seem to recognize that fact.

Big victories for advocates of marijuana legalization.

That word may not mean what you think it means.

Not too long ago, Trick Or Treating didn’t mean getting candy produced by large corporations.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

A disappointing setback.

A Google Executive jumps from the edge of space, breaking a record.

The end of an era.

The classic “Tom and Jerry” cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s come with a “racial prejudice” warning from Amazon.

Americans have become deeply cynical about government. To some extent that is a good thing, but it’s reaching unhealthy levels.

Once something that generally benefited Republicans, social issues are now becoming a wedge issue for Democrats.

School.

If current trends holds, Democratic candidates are going to have a problem turning out voters in November.

Once again, conservatives demonstrate how little they understand minority voters.

On Sunday, it’s the Day Of Four Popes.

Have gubernatorial elections become more nationalized?