Outside the Beltway

The sad joke continues.

The Five Minute University.

On racism, Republicans, and names

One man’s retirement has upended the college football landscape.

Also: the media landscape is currently evolving.

Three legendary football coaches are out in the span of a day.

The greatest coach in college football history is hanging it up.

James T. Kirk would be proud.

Great comics combine social commentary with humor. Increasingly, they’ve skipping the latter.

Ice, ice, what?

It’s just resting.

Steamboat Willie is about to be ripe for exploitation.

A television icon is gone at 101.

The four-team Playoff will go out making a lot of folks mad.

The actor best known for his role in “Friends” is gone at 54.

The rare case where a clickbait headline is actually appropriate.

A bizarre miscarriage of justice.

The legendary football player and pitchman is gone at 80.

A short-term win for creatives and a longer-term loss?

A joke(?) gone a-rye.

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

How something so promising became so frustrating.

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

A decision that makes no obvious sense.

The current business model is collapsing. It’s about time.

The leader of The Band is gone at 80.

The rapidly changing face of college sports.

Americans have taken the dominance of the Women’s National Team for granted.

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

Those who refuse to learn about the past often perpetuate its mistakes.

A reminder that all choices are political to one degree or the other.

Shut it down for the day, because it isn’t going to get better than this one.

In a world of fixed positions, is debating in good faith really worth it?

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?

Hollywood and the news media are roiled in labor disputes.

The show about nothing has a big legacy.

Turns out that costing your employer nearly a billion dollars isn’t good for your career.

Some might call it research.

A sensible compromise on a controversial issue.

A big reaction to a small problem.

The Baretta actor and acquitted murderer is dead at 89.

A chance for readers to play political strategists

The last original member of Lynryd Skynyrd has died.

Disney has replaced a controversial song at its theme parks.

What’s that phrased about broken clocks?

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.

A Hollywood star is gone at 82.