Outside the Beltway

Trump is making verbal gaffes while making fun of Biden’s verbal gaffes.

The actor best known for his role in “Friends” is gone at 54.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

Three increasingly-embarrassing defeats is all you get, apparently.

A high-stakes move.

It’s . . . complicated.

The clown show still lacks a ringmaster.

A roundup of news and opinon.

The legendary football player and pitchman is gone at 80.

A trailblazer is gone at 90.

The chickens are slowly coming home to roost.

A short-term win for creatives and a longer-term loss?

We need reform.

A joke(?) gone a-rye.

Also: calls for his resignation.

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

The President’s support for labor and aggressive action on climate change are in tension.

Generations of young Americans weren’t alive or have no real memory of the event.

His message isn’t getting through. Is it the messenger?

A perennial fantasy has a new standard bearer.

The longtime politician and statesman is gone at 75.

The Gulf and Western singer, songwriter, and mogul has died at 76.

The Economist joins the “Biden is too old” bandwagon.

Yet more evidence of an unfit, unstable candidate.

Americans don’t want either Trump or Biden! Film at 11.

The US government is fighting back, albeit subtly.

It is worth repeating

The airlines hate hidden city ticketing and are cracking down.

Virginia’s governor has raised a ton of money.

This makes four.

A counterintuitive move.

A seeming case of unequal justice.

The leader of The Band is gone at 80.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

A pandemic-inspired perk seems to be going away.

The one we’ve all been waiting for.

Our Pacific territories are giving more than they’re getting.

The English are having a periodic reassertion of the “right to roam.”

The Irish singer-activist is gone at 56.

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

After other controls are applied, household income is still a huge advantage.

Some New York Republicans are fighting for their constituents and against the GOP leadership.

It really is rife with problems.

Sigh.

The North Dakota governor really, really wants to be on TV.

The evidence is pretty thin.