Outside the Beltway

Because I think it is really important.

An increasingly undemocratic regional power is a necessary but unreliable partner.

A trip through comparative democratic reform.

Membership is stalled by more support is coming.

Our car culture is killing us.

The US intelligence community and Silicon Valley are warning of a major threat.

He’s turned Russia from a G-8 member to an international pariah.

The problem has intensified—and spread beyond Ukraine secrets.

We’re falling further behind for many reasons.

A study has found significant health benefits.

Many in the Global South see the war very differently than we in the West.

Some of these things are not like the other.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

A real example of American exceptionalism.

Some stories worth noting but not at great length.

Sports fans enjoy watching sports. How much does politics impact that?

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

They’re not sending their best people.

A former dissertation advisor and two Army War College professors are speaking out against the gubernatorial candidate.

He’s using a tool he denounced as cruel to deal with a humanitarian crisis.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

Alas, it’s unlikely to change the policies that enable them.

Supply chain disruptions are contributing to crisis for 300 million people.

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

A fascinating report from the WSJ.