Outside the Beltway

The country music singer was 62.

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

The 1990s country star is dead at 61.

A pioneer of Rock & Roll has passed away.

It seems as though 2016 has taken many more celebrities lives than past years.

Another great loss for music in what has been a difficult year.

A country music legend has passed.

Watching the news and reading the op-eds makes it clear: America is doomed.

The Pentagon could have taken down WikiLeaks but decided not to. Out of kindness, I suppose.

Merle Haggard is not gay. But he’s been retroactively gay married — twice! — for want of a comma.

The country singer says he’s “a conservative Democrat who is sometimes embarrassed for his party.”