Outside the Beltway

The 2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee turned maverick is gone at 82.

Some interesting tidbits.

When being despicable is normal, is it still news?

The inevitable is all but official.

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.

Force and order.

The country music singer was 62.

The sad joke continues.

Further escalation is inevitable.

Shockingly, both “incumbents” are going to win their party’s 2024 nominations.

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

A misleading survey result.

Steamboat Willie is about to be ripe for exploitation.

A shameful farce.

Article 99 meets Catch-22.

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

Hamas continues to cynically manipulate the world’s humanitarian impulses.

Trump is making verbal gaffes while making fun of Biden’s verbal gaffes.

Outsiders seem to want the impossible.

A trailblazer is gone at 90.

Germany’s economy is among the worst in the OECD.

The longtime politician and statesman is gone at 75.

The Economist joins the “Biden is too old” bandwagon.

Corrupt and crazy versus old and confused.

Another example of the power of the abortion issue.

The taxpayers shelled out nearly $1 million for . . . something.

The President is trying to change perceptions ahead of the election.

The parties do not control their labels.

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?

The stiffest punishment yet for a January 6 seditionist.

When prejudice overrides simple humanity.

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

The mommy blogger known as “Dooce” has taken her own life.

When winning is the only acceptable outcome.

Truth is not an absolute defense against termination.

The trailblazing Congresswoman is gone at 82.

The Baretta actor and acquitted murderer is dead at 89.

The jury forewoman is offering hints.

An aggressive but expected move.

A natural disaster has compounded a man-made one.

The science-education gap.

It’s becoming a sad joke.

The soccer legend has passed at 82.

“You can’t be against everything.”

James LaPorta is being scapegoated for poor editorial process.

The “America First” slate of candidates lost all but one contest.

The stand-up comic is gone at 76.

Boosting weak candidates in the Republican primaries paid off.