Outside the Beltway

A clear violation of the laws of war. But do they apply?

Why I am a bit reticent about being sympathetic.

The former Defense Secretary and Vice President is gone at 84.

Don’t let pundits spin too many fantasies.

Blowing up boats because they might have drugs on them is not justifiable, legally or morally.

Data? How quaint.

Memories are fading, as they are wont to do.

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

Thinking about the evolution (or is it devolution) of the GOP since the 1990s.

One of the big ones has given up.

Being nice at dinner is easy.

Trump is spouting Russian talking points.

The top uniformed lawyers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force have been relieved.

Our premier intelligence agency will focus on the Western hemisphere.

This would include US citizens.

Oh my.

The man tabbed to lead the Defense Department was deemed an “insider threat.”

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

But it is all still close.

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

A collection I started but didn’t fully finish.

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.

The country music singer was 62.

On racism, Republicans, and names

A misleading survey result.

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

A poll on Israeli support.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

The best statement on the complexity of the Israel-Hamas conflict that I have heard/read.

The killing goes on.

It is escalating quickly.

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

Generations of young Americans weren’t alive or have no real memory of the event.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s national coming out party was, well, interesting.

There has been a steady decline the last five years.

Is America’s military capable of fighting the next war?

The controversies over our geriatric Congress continue.

The United States has not learned from Snowden and Manning.

The silliness of “generations.”

Could it be that he was untruthful?

The elite consensus that free trade would bring them around is gone.

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

The UK’s longest-reigning monarch has passed, aged 96.

What’s being billed as the largest hike in years is anything but.