Outside the Beltway

It’s not an unprecedented stance.

Millions turned out in support of basic ideals.

By law enforcement.

Some musings on the wrong lessons from a major global event.

A meme that is as muddled and authoritarian as the President who posted it

The pioneering astronaut is gone at 97.

This ain’t 1976.

Thinking about possible outcomes.

Perhaps it’s just as well.

Racism this explicit needs to be directly confronted

His former National Security Advisor is not impressed.

Some additional (and longwinded) perspective.

I don’t think its stolen valor, but Walz has played it loose when referring to his service

One of the most notorious war criminals in American history is dead at 80.

Police have been brought at universities across the country.

A legendary soldier is gone at 97.

A misleading survey result.

The most important and controversial American diplomat of the postwar era is gone at 100.

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

After giving a softball interview, he apparently expected one in return.

The “We Were Soldiers Once” author and his wife have been honored.

The Pentagon Papers guy laments that there are too few like him.

The trailblazing Congresswoman is gone at 82.

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

The US armed forces are looking for a few more good men and women.

The Nation is unusually divided and melancholy on its birthday.

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

Has a franchise that’s always been political gone too far?

The proxy war is working.

They have lost at least seven.

When life doesn’t imitate art.

The Rogue Warrior is gone at 81.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

Two controversial monuments are gone.

Violence, masculinity, and American politics.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

The actor best known for his role as Lou Grant has died at 91.

A legendary journalist is gone.

The cost of raising a university’s profile.

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

Another narrowly-crafted but overwhelming opinion from the Supreme Court.

Federal police officers continue to be immune from lawsuits.

Stoking a bizarre fantasy that will not die.

President Biden told a little fib.

Social media makes the line much harder to draw.

The Toddler-in-Chief strikes again.