Outside the Beltway

Then process gets in the way of efficiency, kill the process.

I have questions.

Pro-tip: Googling BEFORE posting a Hot Take can save a lot of embarrasment

Greenland, Canada, and Panama. Oh my.

No, I am not kidding.

Trump’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

Closing the barn door after the horse has left.

A well-intentioned but likely doomed effort.

It’s . . . complicated.

The longtime politician and statesman is gone at 75.

We’re falling further behind for many reasons.

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

A 34-year CIA officer’s thoughts.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

The West continues to close Moscow off.

Putin is a monster, but he may also be just as irrational as the rest of us.

Expert opinion on the standoff differs sharply.

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.

The first modern stand-up comedian has died at 94.

A shameful farce continues to unfold.

In a sane world, Joe Biden’s election win would not have come as a surprise. Alas . . . .

The pandemic is having serious effects in the region, and they will persist for some time.

Joe Biden has either narrowed down his choice for running mate down to two women or he hasn’t.

In recent weeks the US has ramped-up pressure on Maduro.

There’s nothing to see here, folks.

Bloomberg waffles on China while Sanders has a soft spot for Castro.

CBS did a lousy job.

The Trump Administration has effectively declared economic warfare against the government of Nicolas Maduro. It won’t succeed, and will further victimize the already suffering Venezuelan people.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

This time on Venezuela

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for President, making him the 23rd candidate in an already crowded field.

With his attempt to overthrow the government clearly a failure, Juan Guaidó is back to calling for foreign military intervention in Venezuela.

While he campaigned on a message of restraint, Donald Trump has largely adopted the interventionist foreign policies of his predecessors.

President Trump’s obsequious effort to please Russian President Vladimir Putin continues.

Lacking any real support from the military or police, the attempted coup against Nicolas Maduro has predictably failed.

The ongoing apparent attempted coup in Venezuela is already leading to talk of American intervention in the event of a crackdown. That would be unwise and unjustified.

Breaking News out of Latin America

The key remains the military.

He conjures the imperialist past with such comments (and he doesn’t even use the term correctly).

A student in Florida has been charged with creating a disturbance after declining to recite the Pledge Of Allegiance in class.

Having two presidents sounds like a terrible sitcom idea. In reality, the situation is just plain terrible.

Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro is the latest addition to the growing Democratic Presidential field.

President Trump is serving as a knowing apologist for a despotic regime.

Thankfully, they chose not to help.

Donald Trump had to be talked down from considering military intervention in Venezuela.

The North American delegation has won the right to lose a whole lot of money putting on a soccer tournament.

Cuba has a new President and he isn’t named Castro, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to see significant change in the near future.