Outside the Beltway

All 20 living hostages have been released and the bodies of others are slowly being returned.

A pause in fighting, release of hostages, and then . . . ?

A No masquerading as a Yes to Trump’s peace deal.

Brought to you by the “America First” crowd.

Netanyahu will take it.

Colombia’s President said the wrong thing and had his visa revoked.

We’re not alone in dysfunctional politics.

Birds of a feather and all that.

To be fully human requires living with and in sometimes unresolvable contradictions

The inevitable has finally arrived.

BREAKING NEWS

Since I was thinking about 2016

A strange obsession.

The artless deal.

There are no satisfying answers.

The Russian autocrat may be on the verge of getting what he wants.

The seemingly inevitable next step.

I am sensing a new ongoing bit…

Responding to tragedy with farce.

Seeing the effects of Trumponomics.

Trump’s One Weird Trick to end the war in Ukraine.

A dire warning from the UN.

A long exposé misses the mark.

An unusual diplomatic approach.

What fresh Hell is this?

Mail time!

…they aren’t that hard to get.

Iran came “this close” to ending the Zionist regime.

Team Trump and the DIA assessment of the Iran bombings.

The preliminary DIA assessment has been leaked.

Is that really a good idea?

For all practical purposes, the Constitutional war powers have been stood on their head.

This phase seems to be over. [Or maybe not!]

I don’t question the timing.

Maximalist claims are almost surely overstated.

What? Retaliation from Iran?

Well, I feel better now.

The war is on.

Is dropping it on Israel the most likely reason?

Thinking about possible outcomes.

Cruz on supporting Israel.

Whatever that means.

We’re officially past rhyming and into history (or at least rhetoric) repeating.

The loss of many key leaders in short order is a serious problem.

Trump and Netanyahu do not see eye to eye on the matter.

The war is on.

Spoiler alert: the joke wasn’t funny

A major escalation in Middle East tensions is forecast.