Outside the Beltway

Energy prices are likely to be affected for some time.

That’s not how any of this works.

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

Lethality.

Are our columnists learning? (I think you know the answer).

Shooting down cheap drones with expensive missiles is problematic in more ways than one.

More excerpts from excellent columns I’ve read.

I’m sure there’s a plan for that.

Preliminary thoughts from several columnists.

Even if the Chinese come for the Stanley Cup.

Flooding the zone saps his opponent’s attention, but also his White House’s.

The long-awaited document is less disruptive than it appears on the surface.

Our closest ally and trading partner is balancing against us.

The question mark is for the peak, not for the cowardice.

A slow-moving disaster.

The quest for the elusive Peace Prize continues.

The most bizarre report I’ve seen in some time.

Our present-day politics reminds us that the “unfinished work” of democracy is never fully complete.  

Bret Stephens wants to oust Maduro in Venezuela.

This time in Florida.

Not so much.

Brought to you by the “America First” crowd.

What democratic backsliding looks like.

Every general and admiral in a command billet has been called for a last-minute gathering about some unspecified topic.

Restricting those who report on the Pentagon.

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

A potentially costly rebrand and strange bedfellows.

A very different way to run a railroad.

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

Politicizing scientific inquiry is a bad idea.

The last survivors want us to remember the horrors of nuclear war.

Nuclear reactors to the moon!

Seeing the effects of Trumponomics.

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

Looking backwards in the energy sector.

After a bit of a Trump-induced detour.

What? Retaliation from Iran?

Spoiler alert: the joke wasn’t funny

This time: Chinese students.

A massive purge ahead of the long weekend.

A snapshot from Saudi Arabia.

A temporary respite that doesn’t solve fundamental disagreements.

Don’t worry! Trade wars are good and are easy to win.

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

Whether it’s a good policy will depend almost entirely on execution.

Trump’s weird rhetoric on trade.