Outside the Beltway

The rat race of becoming a physician and maintaining one’s license is more intense than popularly understood.

A serial criminal murdered five and injured dozens.

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

The convicted criminal has taken his shenanigans to court.

Replacing the social media giant ain’t easy.

Because why the hell not.

Jacob Chansley has agreed to spend 41 to 51 months in prison for his role in the 6 January riots.

The actor best known for his role as Lou Grant has died at 91.

It turns out that the GOAT is a human being.

COVID vaccine hesitancy is just the tip of the iceberg.

The pop star is “traumatized” by restrictions placed by her conservator-father.

A star player has opted out of a Grand Slam, citing “mental health.”

The politics of science comes full circle.

What at first blush appears a case of hypocrisy and cancel culture is a violation of professional ethics.

A mass shooting in Atlanta draws attention to a problem of which I was only tangentially aware.

In hindsight, there were more than a few clues.

The President of the United States is an existential threat to the Republic.

A sad and disturbing report from a reliable source.

Why isn’t Joe Biden President already?

Kamala Harris wins by not losing.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

The emotional and economic impact of the pandemic is hitting women especially hard.

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

He revolutionized how we think of male homosexuality.

Next thing you know, they’ll tell us to eat vegetables.

A progressive idea that could win conservative support.

What do they know, anyway?

Questions linger after a shooting leaves three people and the shooter dead in an incident at one of the nation’s largest Naval facilities.

Suicide has become a bigger threat to members of the military and veterans than combat. That needs to change.

The past week has demonstrated more notably than any other that this President is not well.

Another nonsense ruling on an issue that doesn’t belong in court to begin with.

Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton is ending a Presidential bid that few people were paying attention to.

As he has in the past, President Trump has backed away from support for any gun control measures in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

In the wake of the back-to-back shootings in Texas and Ohio, a new poll shows increased support for some gun control measures. But we’ve been here before.

Republicans have come up with a new target to blame mass shootings on, “violent video games.”

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Part 1

Once again, President Trump can’t help but make something meant to recognize real American heroes all about himself.

Another woman has accused President Trump of sexually assaulting her some 20 years ago.

Scot Peterson, the school resource officer who hid from fire during last year’s school shooting in Florida has been charged criminally. The legal basis for those charges seems flimsy.

Further progress for advocates of marijuana legalization from the Land of Lincoln.

A dozen people died late yesterday in a workplace shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center.

Theresa May has announced she is stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party as of June 7th, starting a process that will have her out of Downing Street withing the next two months or so.

John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban,” has been released from prison but the war in which he was captured goes merrily along.

America’s leading motivational speaker and self-help guru is coming under fire.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for President, making him the 23rd candidate in an already crowded field.

One of the most bizarre cases in recent memory gets . . . much more bizarre.

Tragedy piled on top of tragedy.

Another white supremacist attack raises disturbing questions about our information environment.

It turns out, The Duke wasn’t all that woke.