Outside the Beltway

He is yet again underscoring what types of world leaders he likes.

The fall of the Assad regime is the end of the beginning.

A fifty-year dictatorship has been ousted. What now?

But reports are he will leave office “early.”

Another setback for Teheran.

More breaking news.

Some context.

Breaking News

The high character picks keep coming.

Another huge blow against Iranian’s regional strategy.

Peace, for a time.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Of leopards and faces.

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

It sounds the same in the original Russian.

Escalation? Russian desperation?

Has the calculus of either side changed?

Is Sinwar’s assassination an opening?

Another one bites the dust.

After years of proxy battles, Israel and Iran are on the brink of a direct fight.

Breaking News

What we know a day later.

The Israeli military says they got their man after years of intelligence collection.

The leading scholar on the subject dissents.

Taliban Edition

A massive follow-up to the exploding communications devices.

My thoughts on what we know now.

A massive Israeli operation. To what end?

This time: Aurora, CO.

Where’s my $400,000 a month contract?

Massive numbers are taking to the streets in protest.

Israeli forces recovered their bodies.

Another step closer to a regional war.

A bold reversal of fortunes. For now.

Too many! Too few!

A bold strike that threatens to escalate a regional war.

* if you are an African parasite

The fight has now expanded to a third front.

The far right won the first round. The far left won the second. It’s a mess.

UK 2024 edition.

The war cabinet is gone. He now owns the war completely.

His party got destroyed in EU elections, so he’s doubling down.

The moderates are gone.

Joy of four returned safe is mixed with the reality of scores of dead Palestinians.

The world’s largest democracy just became more democratic.

Voters in Mexico, India, and South Africa are making their voices heard.