Outside the Beltway

Hollywood and the news media are roiled in labor disputes.

The real media bias.

A format unchanged since the Ford Administration* doesn’t suit the modern era.

The popular former Republican governor of Maryland has correctly assessed his chances.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

The Greatest of All Time is hanging up his cleats a year too late.

One of these is not like the other.

A second stash has led to a special counsel and political embarrassment.

Just like Trump’s except for every important detail.

The longtime journalist is gone at 100.

Some thoughts on polling and the news since 2016.

The trailblazing television interviewer is gone at 93.

The biggest entertainment product in America is getting bigger.

Breaking News

New details are emerging about possible motivations.

One of these laptops is more important than the other.

Adam Laxalt’s big lead is slowly erodiing.

Thinking about what was likely and what wasn’t.

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

The race is returning to expectation.

Another example of the arbitrariness of the death penaly

Things are not going well in the special military operation.

The threat is not idle and the options for responding are not good.

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

What once seemed to be ‘saying the quiet part out loud’ is now administration policy.

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

Rs still likely to win the chamber.

A proposed $10,000 writeup would cost more than $300,000,000,000.

There are too many products chasing too few consumers.

The man most famous for his turn on “Leave it to Beaver” has passed from liver cancer aged 77.

A disease spreading mostly among gay men is now infecting small children.

Oh, and committed insurance fraud to boot.

The Proud Boys, Trump family, and Alex Jones all filmed documentaries of their actions leading up to January 6.

From the Cliché File.

It was yuuuge! And nobody saw it!

Pop those tabs!

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

Stories of note sans write-ups.

The is a 7 hour gap in the phone logs at the White House from January 6, 2021.

A Supreme Court Justice’s wife urged the White House and Congressional Republicans to steal the 2020 election.

Mixed messages from the pharmaceutical companies.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

Being willing to do anything to survive, but not that.

The United States and its NATO allies are in a dangerous standoff.

While there is an investigation, it doesn’t appear ballots were sold for “$10 a piece”

The beloved comedian and actor is gone at 65.

When life doesn’t imitate art.