Outside the Beltway

More than any recent President, Donald Trump displays a tremendous amount ignorance about the world. Even worse is the fact that he seems proud of it.

A significant advance for LGBT rights in the world’s most populous democracy.

The tough guy actor best known for the “Smokey And The Bandit” movies has passed away at the age of 82.

A Federal Appeals Court has found that a Trump Administration policy purporting to punish so-called sanctuary cities is unconstitutional.

Another Federal Judge has held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ violates both Federal law and the Constitution.

New York attorney Aaron Schlossberg found himself on the receiving end of an Internet firestorm this week. His case raises some interesting questions about Internet vigilantism.

Just when you think the President has hit rock bottom, it gets worse.

61 percent of Americans have a favorable impression of a man who left office a failed president.

Ronny Jackson did not invent the practice of giving Ambien and Provigil to high-level government workers.

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

The new Black Panther movie raises a variant of the central question of the superhero genre. [No significant spoilers]

A confusing new report from the Washington Post.

Norway is poised to make some big changes to its drug laws.

Once again, President Trump opens his mouth and proceeds to insult a good part of the world while embarrassing the country.

Stephen Paddock’s crime was clearly terrorizing, and will impact the lives of survivors, families, first responders in many ways for a long time. Based on the currently available evidence, though, the Las Vegas shooting was not “terrorism.”

Another Federal Court has found another Trump Executive Order unconstitutional.

Once again, Donald Trump has played his supporters for suckers.

Another music superstar has passed away.

One of the Cold War era’s last dictators has finally died.

A true, albeit largely anonymous, hero of humanity has passed away.

People don’t much care whether information supporting their prejudices is true.

Semantics aside, Carson has a clear relationship with a company whose products are nothing but junk science.

The agency that runs Washington D.C.’s mass transit has banned all political ads after Pamela Gellar attempted to run an advertisement featuring a drawing of Mohammed.

George Stephanopoulos’ s ties to the Clinton’s have always raised questions about his objectivity. Now, there’s further reason to doubt that he can play fair when the Clinton’s are part of the story he’s covering.

Bowe Bergdahl will face charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and the White House’s narrative about this release lies in tatters.

Do the nonprofit’s foreign donors create a conflict of interest?

For better or worse, Marion Barry was a fixture in D.C. politics for much of the 40 year period of home rule that began in 1975.

A popular idea that does nothing useful while simultaneously violating the Constitution.

Mandatory quarantines are a massive violation of personal liberty. We ought to be careful in how, when, and why we impose them and who they are directed toward.

Health experts are saying we could basically eliminate AIDS, or at least bring it under control, in fifteen years if we do the right things.

The Supreme Court’s next term doesn’t start for three months, but it’s becoming clear that the Justices will have to deal with marriage equality when it does.

Well this is a unique defense.

A debunking of the origin story actually aids the case that the motivation was not racist. It doesn’t matter.

On screen body objectification is now equal opportunity.

From Florida, a small victory for Fourth Amendment rights.

The danger of saying stupid things online apparently has not sunk in with some people.

Johnny can’t write, either.

An unusual challenge to the NSA’s data mining program reaches its expected end in the Supreme Court.

Was Arafat poisoned? A new report raises some questions, but answers none of them conclusively.

Bill Clark, who served as National Security Advisor and Interior Secretary under Ronald Reagan, has died at 81.

There seems to be an effort underway to reassess the legacy of our 43rd President.

Habemus Papam