Outside the Beltway

An American patriot is gone at 81.

What democratic backsliding looks like.

Our current round of speech repression may prove worse than McCarthyism.

Data? How quaint.

The linguistic stylings and white supremacy of Tommy Tuberville.

America is getting screwed by playing by the rules it created.

Thinking out loud, as one does.

Appointing unqualified loyalists is only the start.

And yes, Trump fits the definitions all too well.

Explaining the inexplicable.

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

The Pope is siding with evil.

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

Ezra Klein has some thought on the Republican Party.

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

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

A group of extremists are stopped from instigating a riot.

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

We can only hope.

Strikes near the Polish border show the real possibility of escalation.

The great conservative humorist is gone at 74.

The Biden admin is about to take a demilitarized group off the terrorist list and some people aren’t happy about it.

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.