Outside the Beltway

On North Korea, there are two options, deterrence and war. And only one of those options makes sense.

Another mass shooting.

He had more than three dozen Top 40 pop hits through the 1950s and early ’60s, among them ”Blueberry Hill,” ”Ain’t It a Shame,” “I’m Walkin’,” “Blue Monday” and “Walkin’ to New Orleans.”

The band leader of the Heartbreakers and the Traveling Wilburys is gone.

Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.

The Trump Administration is continuing, and indeed expanding, its war on a free press.

Americans are rioting in the streets because they don’t like the outcome of a democratic election.

Some musings on the RCP average and such.

As we head into the second Presidential debate, Hillary Clinton looks to be in very good shape.

With five weeks to go, the momentum in the race is moving decidedly in Hillary Clinton’s favor.

With just hours before the first debate, and six weeks until Election Day, the race for President remains tight.

With just forty-nine days left in the campaign, and less than a week before the first debate, the race for President is tighter than ever.

The election is now fifty-six days away and, while the race is tighter than it has been, it’s still one in which Hillary Clinton has seemingly all the advantages.

Most Americans distrust Clinton. More distrust Trump.

Hillary Clinton appears to be doing very well in the wake of the first round of post-convention polls.

Hillary Clinton delvers a largely successful acceptance speech that caps off a convention that ran far smoother than its Republican counterpart.

The worst convention in history has given Trump a yuuge bounce.

A horrific night in Dallas.

Mississippi tried to provide special protection to opponents of same-sex marriage and transgender rights. A Federal District Court Judge, properly, finds the law to be unconstitutional.

The Los Angeles Times breaks what seems like a non-scandal.

Nancy Reagan was a crucial part what made Ronald Reagan the man he was, and today she passed away at the age of 94.

The great author Pat Conroy has died, aged 70, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in a case that could have big implications for redistricting, and the make-up of state legislatures and the House of Representatives.

Multiple victims, and possibly multiple shooters, reported in San Bernardino, California.

The 2016 election cycle is seeing “scientific” online polling become more prominent, but it’s unclear just how reliable it is.

To the surprise of few, Bill Simmons’ site didn’t long survive his departure.

What was promoted as major foreign policy speech by Donald Trump turned out to be more substance-free stream-of-consciousness rambling from an egomaniac.

Turkey has finally joined in the US-led coalition against ISIL. Unfortunately, it’s killing the main ground force fighting ISIL.

With the last legal hurdle to Obamacare cleared, “death panels” have made a quiet comeback.

If you’re under 21 in Hawaii, you’re still technically an adult but you can’t buy tobacco.

Billionaire wunderkind Elon Musk has had a lot of help from taxpayers.

The next shoe drops in the Dennis Hastert case.

Some people in the media can’t seem to get it through their heads that speech they consider hateful is entitled to as much protection as speech that they support.

Five years after it became law, the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act appears to be over.

The Disneyland measles outbreak wasn’t enough to overcome anti-vaccine forces.

Many of America’s top law firms have declined to accept cases defending bans on same-sex marriage, and that’s okay.

Decision rules matter.

As things stand right now, there is no legitimate legal authorization for the President’s war against ISIS, and that’s largely because Congress has failed to act.