Outside the Beltway

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

Apparently, New York and Oregon are not the same place.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

Democrats and Republicans are playing by different rules.

There is a lot of anger out there.

The convicted criminal has taken his shenanigans to court.

Humanitarian instincts rightly trumped security concerns.

An unsatisfying first(?) response.

Thirteen Marines and dozens of Afghan civilians are dead in a much-anticipated attack.

The evacuation could soon become a terrorist target.

It’s no better than Joe Manchin’s.

The indicators are pointing in the direction of caffeine being good for most people.

A problematically wide-open election in difficult times.

Biden’s America is a place and idea in which the trappings of empire or glory are ephemera in comparison with perennial human relationships—families; friendships; communities; schools; neighbors; partners.

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

In hindsight, there were more than a few clues.

Usually candidates don’t talk about how bad things are across the country while appealing to be re-elected.

A reckoning for 2500 Kosovar Serb civilians who were slaughtered is at hand.

Fewer people are very happy and more are not too happy than any time in a longstanding survey.

And a broader discussion of the ongoing Tara Reade story.

The grand jury was disbanded, so there was no need to continue the coercion tactic.

The men who gathered in Philadelphia to write the Constitution were geniuses. But they couldn’t predict the future.

A sad day for those of us who grew up watching Big Bird, Kermit, and the rest of the Muppets.

Suicide has become a bigger threat to members of the military and veterans than combat. That needs to change.

Revisiting a recent post.

There’s apparently big news in the fight against ISIS.

ISIS is quickly taking advantage of the abrupt American withdrawal from northern Syria.

A conservative columnist argues the legitimacy of our system is in question.

For the first time, it’s conceivable that Republicans will turn against the President.

Another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is gone.

President Trump announced late yesterday that he had called off secret meetings with the Taliban. The fact that they were even going to happen reveals yet again what’s wrong with his foreign policy.

Confirming the original diagnosis, Jeffrey Epstein’s death last weekend has been ruled a suicide.

Donald Trump has found a new far-right lunatic to retweet.

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.

The first night of the second Democratic debate consisted largely of clashes between the party’s progressive wing and more moderate elements.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

Maine has become the eighth state to pass a law allowing terminally ill the choice to bring their lives to a dignified end.

John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.

The DPRK sent a message to the United States over the weekend, but it’s unlikely the President was listening.

An investigation has found that a doctor linked to Ohio State’s wrestling program abused more than 170 students during his time at the school.

Sunday’s attacks in Sri Lanka make it clear that the claim that ISIS has been defeated are nowhere close to being true.

ISIS is claiming responsibility for Sunday’s attacks in Sri Lanka, a strong sign that the claims by the Trump Administration that it had largely defeated the group were not true.

Evidence is emerging that the Sri Lankan government had advance warning regarding potential terror attacks but failed to act on the information.

Blasts at Christian churches and tourist hotels appear to be a coordinated terrorist attack.

A very strange campaign trail gambit from India’s prime minister.

Many are calling for the UK Prime Minister’s ouster. But the problem is Brexit itself, not any one leader.

A male sophomore makes two suicides in less than a week.

Tragedy piled on top of tragedy.

The Trump Administration still doesn’t have realistic goals for its negotiations with North Korea.