Outside the Beltway

The biggest news doesn’t always get the most attention.

The Hall of Fame coach and legendary broadcaster is dead at 85.

The city’s second major championship was among the most improbable.

Voters are suppose to choose elected officials, not the other way around.

Several stories for your consumption.

Part of the ongoing, slow-motion tragedy.

The long demographic trend continues.

ZZ Top’s longtime bass player is gone.

Retired generals are no longer in the military.

The long shift of population from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt continues—with the unusual exception of California.

Let’s call it what it is.

More voice, more votes, more representation.

The author of “Lonesome Dove,” “Terms of Endearment,” and so many more great novels is gone at 84.

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.

The Lone Star State is celebrating its independence in a big way.

Debunking urban legends and Internet rumors is harder than it used to be.

And a discussion of markets (and a warning about partisanship).

You can’t make this stuff up.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

Arguments and analyses that are, well, turkeys.

COVID has given us a surreal calendar.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

Another small step toward canceling the fall sports calendar.

The hopes of football in the fall are fading fast.

The evidence is clear. Injustice feeds rage and rage sometimes boils over.

A new study estimates how many lives were saved in 30 American cities.

The coaching legend led the 1972 Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history.

Until our kids go back to school, we can’t go back to work.

This isn’t likely to end any time soon.

Who can keep count?

You can’t make this stuff up.

The field winnows further.

The basketball legend and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among five fatalities.

A legendary newsman has passed.

Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.

Trump takes credit for stopping his “friend” Xi from attacking Hong Kong protesters.

Beto O;Rourke finally faces reality.

A custody case out of Texas raises issues about how to react to and treat a child who identifies as a gender different from their biological sex.

The officer involved in the shooting death of a woman in Fort Worth, Texas has been charged with murder.

Another police shooting of an innocent African-American. This time in Fort Worth, Texas.

After an emotional sentencing hearing that included an extraordinary display of mercy and forgiveness from her victim’s family, former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger was sentenced to ten years in prison.

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was convicted of ,murder in the death of Botham Jean, an innocent man who was murdered for the “crime” of being in his own apartment.

Trump threatens civil war if he’s removed from office.

Another day, another mass shooting and, as is becoming all too common in this country, this one appears to have been racially motivated.

In memoriam.

New estimates place the Cowboys and Yankees at the top of the list of the most valuable sports franchises in the world.

He could lose the popular vote by an even larger margin in 2020—and still coast to re-election.

The independent who upended the 1992 Presidential race has passed.

Every offseason re-aligns the sport in fascinating ways.

Donald Trump has endorsed a proposal by a Republican Senator to ban flag burning.