Outside the Beltway

Thinking out loud, as one does.

There’s a glaring gap in my information consumption.

Lying about hurricanes and stoking ridiculous theories about weather control are the latest examples.

A mild-mannered JD Vance out-debated a nervous Tim Walz. It won’t matter.

The skews may offset.

The US Presidential election pits “two evils” who are “against life.”

Trump’s Anti-Black, Anti-Haitian Propaganda Is Harming Real People

Thoughts that didn’t fit in my last post

These people are frustrating.

Racism this explicit needs to be directly confronted

And proof of Trump’s media diet.

Sometimes the bird gives you the bird

Policy is only a part of it.

Donald Trump fared considerably worse against a cogent opponent.

Politics-free edition.

If we’re even bowling at all.

“Dog bites man” isn’t news. Unless it’s the President’s dog.

We can’t find enough people to treat cows, pigs, and horses.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

Tip O’Neil’s famous saying hasn’t been true in a long, long time.

Our brains are wired to seek approval but may not be equipped to handle our modern existence.

His stale jokes about eating dog have drawn fire for years.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A Virginia woman left unusual instructions for the Executor of her will, and it’s become something of a controversy.

The guy from Real People? He’s rich.

What could possibly go wrong?

Part One in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan.

Blue feelings matter.

The 2016 Republican Convention is barely halfway over, but some Republicans are already looking ahead to 2020.

President Obama is taking steps to reduce police militarization, but there’s much more that needs to be done.

Virginia Tech English prof Steven Salaita implores us to “Stop saying ‘support the troops.'”

While most of us buy homeowner’s insurance to protect against storm damage and theft, injuries caused by dogs account for a third of all damage payouts.

The New York Times breaks the shocking story (“That Cuddly Kitty Is Deadlier Than You Think”) that cats kill birds and small mammals.

Seniors face a variety of economy-based difficulties–but let’s criticizes the media!

Kevin Drum has been writing about his cat, Inkblot, most every Friday for the last decade. Sadly, he’s been missing since Tuesday night.

Babies who grow up with dogs and cats in the home are healthier, a new study finds.

Sometimes, the law can be an ass.

Apparently, the Federal Government believes it necessary to remind you that you can buy Christmas Trees.

Has the digitization of entertainment — DVRs, iPods, iPods, digital cameras, Netflix, and so forth — transformed it from fun into work?

Americans get apoplectic at stories of police officers shooting people’s pets but seem unphased when they shoot innocent human beings.

San Francisco is considering banning the sale of pets in the city limits.