Outside the Beltway

The actor known for “Good Times,” “Roots,” and “The West Wing” is gone at 84.

A television icon is gone at 101.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

America’s Newspaper of Record has decided the backlash isn’t worth it.

Just days after appearing to condone donning blackface in the style of a 19th Century minstrel show, Megyn Kelly is out at NBC News.

“All In The Family” predicted a policy proposal that President Trump and many other conservatives have made in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

Robert Guillaume, who starred in situation comedies in the 70s, 80s, and 90s such as “Soap,” “Benson,” and “Sports Night,” has died at the age of 89.

Another television icon has passed away.

The creator of some of the most popular television programming of the 1970s has passed away at the age of 81.

The Confederate Flag needs to be removed from official places of honor, but do we really need to worry about reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard?

It’s getting easier and easier to cut the cord.

Does encouraging binge watching make sense for Netflix?

An opportunist ruins a good joke and hijacks an important discussion.

The Emmys will honor Cory Monteith but not Jack Klugman or Larry Hagman. Where in that sentence you said “Who?” will tell us how old you are.

Jean Stapleton, an accomplished stage and screen actress who achieved entertainment immortality playing opposite Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker’s long-suffering wife Edith, has died at the age of 90: