Outside the Beltway

A legendary guitarist is gone at 78.

A brilliant journalist is gone at 44.

The longtime journalist is gone at 100.

Another reason so many get their information from biased outlets.

What a too-good-too-be-true story shows us about the modern news business.

The trailblazing television interviewer is gone at 93.

The Pope Emeritus has died at 95.

The soccer legend has passed at 82.

Why a paper got the story right and no one paid attention and polls over opposition research

How an apparent serial fabulist got elected to Congress

I don’t think that means what he thinks it means.

The late Chief Justice was right; his successors are wrong.

Did you even notice?

The years-long NYC investigation finally bears some fruit.

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

New details are emerging about possible motivations.

Some of the early reactions to the inevitable announcement tell the tale.

The stand-up comic is gone at 76.

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

The Needle is Broken

We likely won’t know on Election Night.

A member of the inaugural Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class and the most recent Country Music Hall of Fame class is gone at 87.

Journalists openly root for a good story.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

A revealing comparison of Republican districts that deny and don’t deny the 2020 outcome.

They’re a bloc but also not.

Publishers and consumers want very different business models.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

Hurricane Ian renews some perennial questions about recovering from natural disasters.

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

Jim VandeHei and company have put out a new style guide.

The Russian leader may be looking over his shoulder after imposing a draft.

Apparently, more expensive versions of products are often better.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

A lot of folks who study democracy have sent an open letter to Congress.

A shameful stunt reminiscent of an even darker era.

A sweet story gets a wee bit more complicated.

They could be overstating support for Democrats. Or understating it. Or be more or less right.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

The UK’s longest-reigning monarch has passed, aged 96.

What does objectivity mean in the Trump era?

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

Why would the Trump team release a document that casts them in such a bad light?

The intersection of politics, morality, and meaning.

Is it time to call the whole thing off?

What we believe and what we say we believe are often not the same.

“Declassification, even by the President, must follow established procedures.” (Trump Administration 2018)

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

Running down the latest “known knowns” with just a bit of analysis

This is as close as we get to Garland saying “Eff around, find out!”