Outside the Beltway

The author of “Lonesome Dove,” “Terms of Endearment,” and so many more great novels is gone at 84.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

The man most famous for getting screwed out of a Supreme Court seat has a more interesting backstory.

There’s a word for people who use outrageous violence to terrorize.

Steve Sarkisian joins a frustrating trend.

Too little, too late.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

A mind-boggling statistic.

Her Democratic opponent has conceded.

The Army is finally getting its World War II uniforms, one base at a time.

Injecting data into the conversation.

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

The President has hit rock bottom.

The one-time candidate for the GOP presidential nomination is dead at 74.

Shame on him for defending authoritarian actions.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

What has the Supreme Court wrought?

Congress forgot to disestablish a Creek Reservation created by treaty in 1833 and 1856 when it made Oklahoma a state in 1909.

A result of the Trump rally?

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

Something significant was going to happen to Tulsa. Who could have predicted a genre shift?

The President gave a delusional rant to a half-empty stadium thanks to some crazy kids.

Likely the right outcome but I wish I political motivation weren’t the default presumption.

A progressive idea that could win conservative support.

The 1990s country star is dead at 61.

Richard Burr, Jim Inhofe, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler should go to jail.

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos alone have lost $15 billion in net worth since January.

Not a great night for the former New York major. But he still has $54.5 billion to comfort him.

A bad night for Bloomberg and Warren has radically reshaped the race.

Because America.

Which ones have you owned?

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

“Medicare For All” is the centerpiece of Elizabeth Warren’s campaign for President, but she’s not talking about it as much as she used to.

Mike Bloomberg’s campaign was forced to apologize for something that really isn’t a scandal.

A new poll finds that a strong majority of Americans support life in prison instead of the death penalty.

Bowing to Immense political pressure to pay college athletes will dramatically change the game.

She’s been fibbing about how she left a teaching job nearly half a century ago.

The top ten candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination clashed last night in a debate that made clear the different ideological directions that this race is pulling their party.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

An Oklahoma state court Judge has handed down what many are hailing as a landmark ruling related to the opioid crisis, but there’s reason to be skeptical about his conclusions.

On a day that called for national unity and empathy, President Trump couldn’t help but revert to form.

The evidence is clear that Russia interfered in the election in 2016 and intends to do so again. Despite this, Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation designed to enhance election security.

President Trump and the Congressional leadership have reached agreement on a multi-year budget deal that that busts through all remaining controls on spending.

Every offseason re-aligns the sport in fascinating ways.

There isn’t a lot of legislating going on.

President Trump says he wants to see men back on the Moon by 2024, but NASA thinks it’s going to take longer than that.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin punted once again on the question of replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, making clear that any change that does occur won’t happen until after Donald Trump is out of office.

China has retaliated for the tariffs that the President imposed late last week, and things look like they’re only going to get worse.