Outside the Beltway

Let’s take a moment to recognize our grief, and what it means.

And yes, Trump fits the definitions all too well.

The 39th President hits the century mark.

The basketball great and humanitarian is gone too soon.

Joy of four returned safe is mixed with the reality of scores of dead Palestinians.

Trials of mRNA treatments are going well.

A legendary actor is gone at 87.

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.

No, I don’t feel terrible now.

Five months too late, we’re back to the Biden-McCarthy deal.

A new report puts the conversation in a different light.

The longtime NPR host is gone at 76.

A special counsel has declined to prosecute the President but his rationale was painful.

The country music singer was 62.

The Secretary of Defense has outlined the parameters.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

“This is not the way it is supposed to go,” indeed.

The 21st century’s most brutal conflict and the laws of war.

Some thoughts on the Speaker contest.

McCarthy lost it. Turned in his gavel. You, guy, are number 1.

The legendary football player and pitchman is gone at 80.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around anymore.

The push to return to the office comes with domestic consequences.

The Adobe cofounder who revolutionized printing is gone at 82.

Turning good deeds into dirty politics.

Forget the cafe latte, screw the raspberry iced tea.

Decades of innovation may be coming to fruition.

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

We’re falling further behind for many reasons.

The Pentagon Papers guy laments that there are too few like him.

Another sign that the pandemic is now endemic.

The trailblazing Congresswoman is gone at 82.

Being against something just isn’t enough.

The last original member of Lynryd Skynyrd has died.

The 39th President is not well.

The market for competent centrists.

The soccer legend has passed at 82.

Galrahn is gone much too soon.

Some links to peruse.

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

A revealing comparison of Republican districts that deny and don’t deny the 2020 outcome.

Thinking about a cliche that is nonetheless correct.

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

One of the OG blog pundits has reached a big milestone.