Outside the Beltway

America’s leading motivational speaker and self-help guru is coming under fire.

Legendary Comedian Tim Conway has died at the age of 85.

Que Sera, Sera

The real answer probably isn’t far off from the parody.

The President revived an old debate but added some new twists.

We segregate men and women in sports for good reason. How we do that is complicated.

The original star of ‘Happy Days’ reflects on the shift to second fiddle.

Avengers: Endgame earned $1 billion worldwide in its first weekend, but it will take a lot more to become the biggest grossing movie of all time.

I sense a great disturbance in the Force. As if a billion voices are crying out “No, not Chewie!!!!”

A year and a half into the #MeToo era, we’re still debating who gets to have a career.

A depressing day in the world of sports journalism.

Putting together a fair slate of games is a whole lot harder than it looks.

Ending an eleven-year drought, Tiger Woods is back on top at a major tournament.

A classic demonstration of the old maxim, “the medium is the message.”

More turmoil in the UNC athletic program threatens Carolina’s academic standing.

Yet another promising spring football league seems to have bitten the dust.

In some expert trolling, the Senate Majority Leader decries “mindless, undiscriminating obstruction for the sake of obstruction.”

One of the most bizarre cases in recent memory gets . . . much more bizarre.

“His sexual needs were his sexual needs.” And, you know, criminal.

Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are the most famous of dozens of rich folks trying to get their kids into elite schools.

Luke Perry’s death is a sad reminder.

A powerful Congressman successfully pressured a media giant to pull content. We should be worried.

It turns out, The Duke wasn’t all that woke.

Ku Klux Klan jokes, fake lynchings, and the like were routinely depicted even at places like Cornell.

Tennis great Martina Navratilova is facing criticism for raising questions about how sports handles the issue of transgender athletes competing within the gender they identify with. She shouldn’t be.

Saturday Night Live mocked the President’s declaration of a ‘national emergency,” which caused him to lash out on Twitter.

A confidential agreement has ended a collusion suit filed against the National Football League in 2017.

AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV and TimeWarner is forcing price hikes that are driving customers away at a rapid clip.

“You Know Nothing” Edition.

The best Relief Pitcher in Major League history has been unanimously inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

RIP, Dolly.

Washington State has a problem with people stealing “Mile 420” signs, so they’ve come up with a solution.

I’m not saying it was aliens, but……..

While most Hollywood blockbusters have male leads, films starring women actually do better on the aggregate.

A fifty-year-old song is getting new scrutiny in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

Nine years after retiring as Head Coach at Florida, Urban Meyer announced earlier this week that he would retire from his current position at Ohio State after the Rose Bowl.

It’s been thirty-five years since one of the best music videos of all-time was released.

The morning show co-hosts tied the knot at a secret ceremony at the National Archives.

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

Now it all started fifty-three Thanksgivings ago . . .

Forty years ago tonight, the Star Wars universe came to television in a production so bad that it makes Jar Jar Binks seem positively Shakespearean by comparison.

Rest in Peace and Excelsior, Stan Lee!

One of the longest-lasting characters on The Simpsons may not be long for this world, but before we write him off perhaps we ought to stop and think.

Once the iconic American retail store, Sears now faces the possibility that it may end up fading into history.

Should celebrities use their influence in partisan politics?

Just when I thought political humor was dead.

Is political satire even possible in the age of Trump?

One last Kavanaugh Cold Open.