Outside the Beltway

Disgraced former Chief Justice of Alabama Roy Moore is apparently “seriously considering” running for Senate in 2020.

There’s a political scandal brewing in Canada just as that nation starts looking ahead to elections later this year.

The President continues to lie at an astounding rate that only seems to be getting worse. Does anyone care?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being charged with three charges of corruption even as he faces an election in just over a month.

Ku Klux Klan jokes, fake lynchings, and the like were routinely depicted even at places like Cornell.

The end of racism may have been prematurely declared.

Lyndon LaRouche, an eight-time Presidential candidate who ran a cult-like organization that spread bizarre conspiracy theories, has died at 96.

Is 50 percent too high a take? Or the best deal in town?

Does trash become treasure with time?

Two years into his Presidency, Donald Trump continues to set the wrong kind of records.

The fact that this President is a congenital liar is well-known. The actual number of lies less than two years into his Presidency, though, is astounding.

The damage done for Mickey Mouse in the name of Sony Bono is finally coming to an end.

Thanks apparently to the fact that it remained unwilling to get in line behind the Trumpidians, the conservative owner of The Weekly Standard has shut the magazine down.

The continued problem cause by a lack of shared reality.

A filing in an unrelated case has apparently revealed the existence of a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

The NYT is trying to start a conversation.

Donald Trump’s lies became even more frequent during the recently-concluded campaign season.

Congressman Steve King’s anti-immigrant, xenophobic rhetoric hasn’t bothered his constituents for twenty years, but he suddenly finds himself the focus of controversy and possibly vulnerable. It couldn’t happen to a more well-deserving guy.

America’s tradition of unlimited free expression increases the danger of violence.

The Saudi Arabian Government is finally acknowledging that Jamal Khashoggi is dead. Their explanation for his death, though, is too absurd to be believed.

Jamal Khashoggi’s final column includes a message that should resonate far beyond the Arab world it was addressed to.

Donald Trump has been in office just over 600 days, and he’s proven beyond any doubt that he doesn’t care if what he says is the truth or not.

Throughout the War On Terror, John McCain stood out as a strong moral voice against the use of torture against prisoners. For that he deserves the thanks of a grateful nation.

There was a time when Mike Pence believed that a President’s personality morality and trustworthiness mattered. He clearly doesn’t believe that anymore.

The frequency and ease with which this President lies is, to say the least, alarming.

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is running for a third term under a dark ethical cloud. That probably won’t matter.

As Washington gets ready to fight a new battle over Roe v. Wade an new poll shows that most Americans oppose overturning that decision.

A new survey shows that Americans are increasingly unable to tell the difference between fact and opinion. That’s a problem.

The rules of American journalism haven’t caught up with the reality of this Presidency.

The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.

American companies are struggling to comply with the EU’s new privacy regulation, with many outlets choosing to simply block access abroad.

The Trump White House has leaked more than any in recent memory. Some of the leakers have explained what motivates them.

For Donald Trump and his supporters, “Fake News” means any news that doesn’t shower enough praise on him.

President Trump has told an astonishingly large number of lies since taking office.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner last night, Donald Trump took his show on the road where he continued his long-standing attacks on the press. Unfortunately, it’s a message that resonates with his supporters.

In response to inquiries about frequent media mentions of the Director’s wartime service, the CIA has confirmed he did not serve in combat.

The next time you sign a credit card receipt could be the last.

Will Bunch wildly exaggerates the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

A series of scandals at Oxfam and other charitable organizations raise troubling questions.

Of course Donald Trump wants a military parade, it would be consistent with his delusions of grandeur.

The rise of ‘car sharing’ services has greatly benefitted consumers but had a devastating effect on taxi drivers.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

If you can’t beat a dead horse on a blog, where can you?

Donald Trump spends an inordinate amount of time watching television and regurgitating what he sees on Twitter. That’s not healthy.

Donald Trump is continuing to up the ante in his rhetorical war against one of America’s most fundamental freedoms.

Stephen Paddock’s crime was clearly terrorizing, and will impact the lives of survivors, families, first responders in many ways for a long time. Based on the currently available evidence, though, the Las Vegas shooting was not “terrorism.”

A race for the Virginia House of Delegates straight out of a civics book.

A loss for the world of comedy.

A big change appears to have taken place in American cable news viewing habits.