Outside the Beltway

Preliminary thoughts from several columnists.

The original KISS lead guitarist is gone at 74.

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

One of the big ones has given up.

A day of AI, tariffs, and world historic stupidity.

Parade of poor governance edition.

And who is “we”?

Racism this explicit needs to be directly confronted

The Secretary of the Navy supports the man who hired him. Who knew?

It depends.

A legendary actor is gone at 87.

A long tradition continues unabated.

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

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

Helping the victims of degree mills.

Forget the cafe latte, screw the raspberry iced tea.

Get me higher than the grocery bill.

The worst of the worst Capitol Riot players have been brought to justice.

A study has found significant health benefits.

The Baretta actor and acquitted murderer is dead at 89.

The last original member of Lynryd Skynyrd has died.

Cities across the United States are taking the wrong approach to a crisis.

Traffic deaths are going down in most of the world. Not here.

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.

Another example of the arbitrariness of the death penaly