Outside the Beltway

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

Is the creepy comic’s comeback complete?

A Black columnist argues that Will Smith set back a whole race.

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

The beloved comedian and actor is gone at 65.

John Cole’s blog is older than dirt.

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

When life doesn’t imitate art.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

Insiders argue that the era of Peak TV has contributed to shoddy practices on set.

The veteran character actor has died of cancer at 66.

It appears that normal safeguards were ignored, leading to disaster on the set.

An amusing incident highlights how far we’ve fallen.

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

The actor known for his roles on “The Wire” and “Boardwalk Empire” is gone at 54.

Oh, FFS.

The tech giant is even more powerful than you think.

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

A very low-spoilers review.

A country music legend is yet another victim of COVID.

Gracious concessions are the norm except when they’re not.

The actor reflects on nearly three decades with Parkinson’s.

The iconic actor best known as the original movie James Bond is dead at 90.

Trump continues to lag.

The iconic Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87.

Preying on the fears of old white people is good business.

A world in which we’re all contractors is a dystopian utopia.

The state of American debate is not strong.

The status quo ante is not just waiting for us around the corner.

Progressive policy and constituent interests collide.

We may be seeing the beginning of the end.

Has this precedent permanently damaged the country? Or is it just politics as usual?

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

Dennis Prager makes me feel like we are living in the Upside Down.

We won’t have Sean Spicer to ikick around anymore.

Bowing to Immense political pressure to pay college athletes will dramatically change the game.

The longtime anchor is leaving the network, ostensibly at his request.

South Park mocked Chinese censorship so, of course, they were censored in China.

Barry Goldwater saw what the so-called “religious right” would become decades ago.

The norms of social discourse are rapidly changing in the #MeToo era.

Donald Trump is suing the District Attorney in Manhattan to stop him from getting copies of Trump’s tax returns.

House Democrats are set to investigate the payoffs made to Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels in advance of the 2016 election.

Continuing the conversation from James Joyner’s post.

A Federal Judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the DNC alleging a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.

This past weekend, Avengers: Endgame passed Avatar as the biggest-grossing movie of all-time, but there are several caveats.

What happened to “building a lasting relationship within the African American community”?

Anchoring of CBS Evening News is not what it used to be.

Should the pundit class look more like America?

After 67 years, Mad magazine is ceasing publication of new material.