Outside the Beltway

Making sense of a weird story.

When the solution is worse than the problem.

Jeffrey Epstein’s death by suicide has led to many legitimate questions that should be investigated. It has also led to the rise of a number of baseless conspiracy theories.

Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier who was arrested earlier this summer on sex trafficking and abuse charges, has died of what appears to be a suicide in his jail cell.

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was formally charged with multiple counts of procuring underage girls for sexual molestation.

Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire investor previously charged with sex crimes involving minors, has been charged with sex trafficking involving minors.

And a reminder about how little the current POTUS understands.

Social media has altered the way writers and readers interact in odd ways.

Donald Trump continues to demonstrate that he has nothing but utter contempt for the Rule of Law. At some point, he will either be called to account for this or our nation’s institutions will suffer as a result.

President Trump and his supporters are blaming the policy of separating parents and children at the border on Democrats. This is, simply put, a lie.

Jack Johnson, who was convicted of violating the Mann Act in a case obviously infected with racism, has been pardoned by President Trump.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

President Trump hinted today that he’s likely to name his Supreme Court choice next week, and the list to appears have narrowed to three men.

Democrat John Bel Edwards scored an easy victory over Senator David Vitter last night in Louisiana, and Vitter announced that he’d be leaving the Senate after his term is up.

It’s Election Day in Louisiana again, and voters have the same crappy choices they usually end up with.

The Supreme Court is now considering a case that deals with the problem of overly broad civil asset forfeiture laws and a Defendant’s right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment.

Well this could be a game changer.

The fallout from Donald Trump’s debate performance, and his comments afterward, continues, and it’s leading some to wonder if we may finally be at the end of this ridiculous charade.

The Supreme Court ruled that police are not entitled to access to a hotel registry without a warrant.

A powerful Democratic Senator looks like he’s about to be in a whole lot of trouble.

An inevitable outcome for the head of a once proud agency.

Bestiality and prostitution are legal in Denmark. And not just separately.

Unlike David Vitter, he didn’t break the law.

Will we soon see “The Best Little Whorehouse In Canada?”

A Federal District Court Judge struck down part of Utah’s law against polygamy brought by the stars of TLC’s “Sister Wives.”

Is 2013 the year of second acts in American politics? Eliot Spitzer seems to be the latest disgraced politician to hope that it is.

Iowa Republicans fear that a Ron Paul win on Jan. 3rd will destroy the credibility of their caucuses.

A righteous movement risks derailment by a handful of thugs and reprobates.

Far from being an existential crisis, the recent rise in public distrust in government is easily explained.

The star of a controversial reality show about polygamy is suing to have Utah’s law that makes his living arrangement illegal struck down.