Outside the Beltway

It’s good to be king.

A fool and his forum are soon commented upon.

On Christian compassion (and hypocrisy) and a little bit of the Streisand Effect for good measure.

It “literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.”

Pro-tip: Googling BEFORE posting a Hot Take can save a lot of embarrasment

Pornhub has banned itself in nineteen states to the delight of legislators.

Thoughts that didn’t fit in my last post

A regional pilot program could be expanding.

Where’s my $400,000 a month contract?

Yet another service disruption over rights fees calls attention to the issue.

* if you are an African parasite

We don’t know much but the early details are all too familiar.

The fine line between xenophobia and patriotism.

A potential GOP self-own in south Texas.

A technological miracle with obvious potential for abuse.

Spoiler alert, it’s about Prince’s attempt to Usher in a different approach to the press conference.

A special counsel has declined to prosecute the President but his rationale was painful.

The country music singer was 62.

It’s what we do. I mean this is what we do.

The Piano Man is back with a new song.

The Washington Post proves that, no matter how hard you try, you can’t cover some stories neutrally.

They don’t make ’em like they used to.

James T. Kirk would be proud.

A poor answer to a softball question has created unnecessary controversy.

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

The legendary football player and pitchman is gone at 80.

A joke(?) gone a-rye.

The Gulf and Western singer, songwriter, and mogul has died at 76.

You can’t fire me, I quit!

When prejudice overrides simple humanity.

Disney is making some unwelcome moves.

Will consumers put up with monthly fees on top of hefty sticker prices?

An odd set of Senators have a really bad idea.

“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.”

A weird twist to the online leak story.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

I somehow missed Google’s launch of a service that solves the biggest annoyance of streaming.

How dare people who paid for a cut-rate degree claim they paid for the good one?

It’s the least I can do—and the most.

Weirdly, politicians who don’t understand the debt ceiling also don’t understand other things.

A lot of huge investments have failed for a variety of reasons.

The biggest entertainment product in America is getting bigger.

Headline News Network is shuttering after four decades.

A memory of pop culture and its linkage to broader myths about America.

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.