Outside the Beltway

Perhaps longer, but the worst in the history of the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

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

This would include US citizens.

Sorting through the deluge.

America’s 39th President, and greatest ex-President, is gone at the ripe old age of 100.

No, I am not kidding.

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

Taliban Edition

An oft-told tale turns out to be bullshit.

A Republican columnist is angry that Trump, not Harris, is being seen as the incumbent.

We live in interesting times.

His former National Security Advisor is not impressed.

A third (and hopefully final) post on the matter.

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

Or more charitably, forgets due to cognitive decline

A second Trump presidency got much more likely last night.

The only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose.

A gross miscarriage of justice.

The release of a second set of figures has created a lot of hyperbole.

Is Rafah the breaking point?

The United States has less press freedom than 54 countries. Or does it?

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

The Western sphere widens.

Many Democrats are worried about the fallout.

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

Putin ignored warnings from US intelligence.

Congressional Republicans are reminding voters of a dark hour in the Biden presidency.

The “interference with the administration of justice” enhancement was wrongly applied.

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy.

The laws of armed conflict aren’t designed for this war.

A poll on Israeli support.

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

A high-stakes move.

It’s . . . complicated.

Our limited attention spans.

Congress is doing something, at least.

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

There has been a steady decline the last five years.

The trial judge had a conflict of interest.

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

Well, that de-escalated quickly.

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

As widely expected, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles “CQ” Brown will become the nation’s top military officer.

He’s likely to make heads explode.

Donald Trump is apparently not the only one with a fetish for war criminals.

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

A wrongheaded if longstanding position.

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

The one-time Juiceboxer is still annoying the mainstream media.