Outside the Beltway

The most important and controversial American diplomat of the postwar era is gone at 100.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

The war in Israel is in danger of expanding.

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

Germany’s economy is among the worst in the OECD.

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

Jonathan Turley’s defense of the impeachment inquiry is not impressive.

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

The trend shows no sign of abating.

His message isn’t getting through. Is it the messenger?

Its economic bubble has burst, which may make them more dangerous.

Our pacing threat is hiring military veterans with special skills.

There’s no end in sight to an absurd standoff.

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

Xi’s government is taking a drastically different approach to the slowdown.

Our Pacific territories are giving more than they’re getting.

The standoff with Senator Tuberville is reaching crisis levels.

Must every topic be viewed through that lens?

The Eurozone is falling further behind the United States.

Sigh.

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

The evidence is pretty thin.

The President is trying to change perceptions ahead of the election.

Should we reform the way we train a high-tech workforce?

What about Biden?

After giving a softball interview, he apparently expected one in return.

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

A bad idea backed up by worse reasoning.

Why Google isn’t AltaVista.

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

Do we have to pick one?

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

The state Senate has amended the bill considerably.

Who knew they got cell reception?

A bill in Alabama would bar Chinese nationals from buying property in the state.

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

The process is much more stage managed than advertised.

The United States has not learned from Snowden and Manning.

You know the drill.

The problem has intensified—and spread beyond Ukraine secrets.

When winning is the only acceptable outcome.

Sanctions and a costly war are taking their toll.

It’s taken more than two years to undo a silly, petty decision.

The would-be President is floundering as he tries to position himself.

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

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

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

A post about thinking in a comparative way.

Old men still bitter about where they went to college.