Outside the Beltway

And if you don’t know, now you know.

AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV and TimeWarner is forcing price hikes that are driving customers away at a rapid clip.

Begun, the 2020 campaign has.

A nation says farewell to a war hero, public servant, former President, and great American.

Now it all started fifty-three Thanksgivings ago . . .

Forty years ago tonight, the Star Wars universe came to television in a production so bad that it makes Jar Jar Binks seem positively Shakespearean by comparison.

Rest in Peace and Excelsior, Stan Lee!

Just when I thought political humor was dead.

Is political satire even possible in the age of Trump?

In a 2015 speech, he told law students that it’s vital for judges “To keep our emotions in check. To be calm amidst the storm.”

Alex Jones lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.

Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro survived an apparent, albeit amateurish, assassination attempt yesterday in what could be a sign of underlying instability in Venezuela.

Argumentation without the intent to persuade is masturbation, not journalism.

Another early-morning edition of Late Night OTB.

A blog post and resulting Twitter exchange point to a larger problem in our political dialog.

The woman who wounded three people at the video company before killing herself posted insane rants all over social media.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

Not an Easter song, exactly, but certainly evocative of some of the holiday’s major themes.

Were my lifestyle different, I suppose I could pass off 3:30 on a Saturday morning as “late night” but, alas, it’s just really early.

Joe Arpaio is saying he might reopen his “investigation” into former President Obama’s birthplace if he’s elected Senator.

Personal attacks on teenagers whose friends were murdered is a strategy sure to backfire.

An artist discovered via discussion in the comments section.

More whimsical than most of my selections but we could use that right about now.

Is Google acting as a good citizen here? Or abusing its market dominance?