Outside the Beltway

The legendary star of stage and screen is gone at 93.

Too many! Too few!

The legendary comedian is gone at 94.

*Parenthetically, his opponent wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him on the ass.

Suddenly, old voters are aligning Democrat and young ones Republican.

Explaining the inexplicable.

A credulous report strings together some anedotes and dubious polling.

On racism, Republicans, and names

The coiner of Godwin’s law gives his blessing.

It’s . . . complicated.

The legendary football player and pitchman is gone at 80.

A tale of slow-moving bureaucracy.

The leader of The Band is gone at 80.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

Absolutely something!

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

The problem is not the indictment; it is the indicted.

Our surroundings quite literally change how we see the world.

Car manufacturers are slowly removing an old format.

Many in the Global South see the war very differently than we in the West.

A Hollywood star is gone at 82.

The folk rock legend is gone at 81.

A legendary guitarist is gone at 78.

Latin America’s answer to Donald Trump has his own insurrection attempt.

A move away from a centuries old Asian practice.

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

The most popular television product is running out of room to expand.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

How much blame did the 70-year constitutional monarch share?

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

The iconic basketball player, coach, and civil rights leader is gone at 88.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

The Proud Boys, Trump family, and Alex Jones all filmed documentaries of their actions leading up to January 6.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

A group of extremists are stopped from instigating a riot.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

The legendary comic book artist is gone at 80.

We expect far more from the Oval Office than is reasonable.

The latest strategic moral panic from the far right

They’re not missing and that points to a systemic issue

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

When life doesn’t imitate art.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

An interesting argument, albeit about a tiny and vastly over-discussed segment.

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.