Outside the Beltway

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

A 1960s pop culture reference and our current moment.

Our brains are wired to seek approval but may not be equipped to handle our modern existence.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one . . .

The SNL comic has died of cancer at 61.

The legendary country music singer-songwriter known as “The Storyteller” is gone at 85.

The right questions are: 1) why do some some on the right like him, and 2) should this concern us all?

The longtime TV pitchman is gone.

What we know about those arrested for the 6 January insurrection.

He will challenge Greg Abbott for the GOP nomination.

Quick takes from the week.

Brought to you by the son of Moon.

The author of beloved children’s books is gone at 91.

A really weird proposal to solve a problem that probably doesn’t exist.

An interesting blast from the past.

And no, there aren’t always “two sides to every story.”

Yesterday showed that Biden understands the “dignified” part of politics.

Does online performance logically devolve into rage and violence?

Hashtag: You’re Fired.

Thus far, Disney+ and HBO Max are additive rather than cannibalizing competing services.

The inevitable only took 105 years.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

A sad and disturbing report from a reliable source.

Music legend John Lennon’s life was cut tragically short four decades ago.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

” . . . to a second Trump Administration.” Get it?

A tale so bizarre it is hard to believe it is real.

Rudy Giuliani and a hack tabloid are trying to revive the Burisma story.

A rock and roll legend is gone too soon.

Having the topic of political reform start to seep into pop culture is a good thing.

A parody of a joke.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

The Americana star and son of Steve Earle is gone too soon.

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

The Country Music Hall of Famer is gone.

A legendary comic is gone.

Arguably the best comedian of his generation is not kidding around.

Jo Rae Perkins may be a nut, but she won a four-person primary.

A fiasco wrapped in a clusterfuck.

Sigh.

A great songwriter is gone at 73.

The 1990s country star is dead at 61.

A proportional response.

Anti-Biden ads using the former President’s words are being aimed at black voters.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

The Butterball Turkey Hotline still thrives even in the era of the Internet.

Jeff Sessions entered the race for the GOP nomination for Senate in Alabama by heaping obsequious and pathetic praise on a man who had spent two years insulting him publicly and privately

Twitter is banning all political advertising from its site. It is a largely meaningless decision, but it’s still a bad idea.