Outside the Beltway

For the first time in more than thirty years, NASA is preparing to unveil a program to allow civilians to travel to the International Space Station.

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.

Bart Starr, who led the Green Bay Packers to five N.F.L. Championships in the pre-Super Bowl era and in Super Bowls I and II, has died at the age of 85.

Justin Amash spoke out against the President and Attorney General. Unsurprisingly this is not being received well by his fellow Republicans.

An interesting plot twist in the Goodloe Sutton saga.

The end of racism may have been prematurely declared.

It’s reasonable and just to adjust our outrage based on the context of the time when incidents occurred.

One-half of a pop music icon in the 70’s, the Captain has passed away.

One of the strongest climate regulations in the country is almost certainly unconstitutional.

As expected, Bill Cosby’s lawyers have filed an appeal of his conviction earlier this year on sexual assault charges.

Democrats have flipped the Senate seat currently held by Republican Jeff Flake.

Rest in Peace and Excelsior, Stan Lee!

America’s tradition of unlimited free expression increases the danger of violence.

One of the people most responsible for the personal computer revolution has passed away at the far-too-young age of 65.

Once the iconic American retail store, Sears now faces the possibility that it may end up fading into history.

After forty years, a sexual predator finally gets at least some of what he deserves.

The Bork hearings have come up in the context of the Kavanaugh confirmation, Some thoughts ensue.

Several states are opening new investigations of the Catholic Church abuse scandal. It’s about time.

Jobs growth in August was slightly better than expected, but still nothing overly impressive.

The tough guy actor best known for the “Smokey And The Bandit” movies has passed away at the age of 82.

Iconic Broadway legend Neil Simon, who was responsible for hits such as “The Odd Couple, has died at the age of 91.

The Supreme Court declined, for now, to hear the appeal of a Washington state florist who declined to provide services for a same-sex wedding. The issues it raises, though, are likely to return to the Court in the future.

Marking the end of a long fall from grace, the man once known as “America’s Dad” has been found guilty on three counts of sexual assault.

If we’re going to have a death penalty, he was its poster boy.

The United States can’t do any good in Syria, but we can do a lot of bad.

Bill Cosby heads back to court for a retrial on the sexual assault allegations against him but it’s not going to be the same as the first.

The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.

Old-fashioned notions of journalistic neutrality are chafing young reporters in the Age of Trump.

What is CPAC telling us about the contemporary conservative movement?

Dave Schuler argues the US would have a much better healthcare system if we had modeled it on VA clinics rather than private insurance.

Billy Graham was the son of a North Carolina farmer who grew up to become a counselor to Presidents, Prime Ministers, and even a Queen.

A Federal Court in New York City is set to hear argument tomorrow in a case that essentially argues that a large swath of Federal laws regarding marijuana are unconstitutional.

Russia has been barred from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics after an investigation uncovered extensive evidence of cheating.

Jim Nabors, who became famous as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle USMC, has died at the age of  87.

Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore is accused of having molested a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s.

A complicated concurrence to Steven Taylor’s recent postings.

A loss for the world of comedy.

We mourn Charlottesville because Donald J. Trump, the President of the United States, made clear in no uncertain terms that in his mind there was little distinction between those in Charlottesville who pursued the un-American “values” of soil, blood, and racial dominance and those who pursued the ideals of the American Constitution.

Republicans now face a stark choice.

Yes, even Nazis must have their rights to peaceful speech and assembly protected.

The president’s begrudging condemnation of evil didn’t last long.

Sad news about a Washington stalwart.

Symbols shape our views of the past.

R.I.P., Caped Crusader

Even the most offensive speech is protected by the First Amendment.