Outside the Beltway

A poor answer to a softball question has created unnecessary controversy.

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

The legendary football player and pitchman is gone at 80.

A joke(?) gone a-rye.

The Gulf and Western singer, songwriter, and mogul has died at 76.

You can’t fire me, I quit!

When prejudice overrides simple humanity.

Disney is making some unwelcome moves.

Will consumers put up with monthly fees on top of hefty sticker prices?

An odd set of Senators have a really bad idea.

“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.”

A weird twist to the online leak story.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

I somehow missed Google’s launch of a service that solves the biggest annoyance of streaming.

How dare people who paid for a cut-rate degree claim they paid for the good one?

It’s the least I can do—and the most.

Weirdly, politicians who don’t understand the debt ceiling also don’t understand other things.

A lot of huge investments have failed for a variety of reasons.

The biggest entertainment product in America is getting bigger.

Headline News Network is shuttering after four decades.

A memory of pop culture and its linkage to broader myths about America.

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

New details are emerging about possible motivations.

The attack at the Pelosi house should surprise no one.

A member of the inaugural Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class and the most recent Country Music Hall of Fame class is gone at 87.

Publishers and consumers want very different business models.

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.

A song and some passing thoughts on supermarket tabloids.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

Beyond who her spouse is, the texts to Meadows reveal a deeply concerning situation.

A Manichean struggle between good and evil.

A Supreme Court Justice’s wife urged the White House and Congressional Republicans to steal the 2020 election.

The longtime NFL reporter is gone at 67.

The convicted criminal has been released pending appeal.

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

NATO has stepped up in a pleasantly surprising way to resist the Ukraine invasion.

With choices like these it’s easy to understand why people take plea deals

Is the past still the past?

The industry is changing rapidly.

You pay for this but they give you that.

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

A historic achievement for the first-year starter.

A long peek at history in the making.

Family, football, feasting, and flashbacks.

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.