Outside the Beltway

A little ethnic cleansing coming right up.

More outrageous behavior.

Sorting through the deluge.

On Christian compassion (and hypocrisy) and a little bit of the Streisand Effect for good measure.

Deadlnes make deals.

America’s 39th President, and greatest ex-President, is gone at the ripe old age of 100.

The fall of the Assad regime is the end of the beginning.

Trump is like a child with a new toy.

Peace, for a time.

Trump’s core policies will drive inflation

The 39th President hits the century mark.

Massive numbers are taking to the streets in protest.

Another step closer to a regional war.

Joy of four returned safe is mixed with the reality of scores of dead Palestinians.

Some 45 are dead in what Israel calls a “tragic accident.”

A small, conscript-driven military has very different training and doctrine than ours.

The Israeli government has no plan. Its defense minister does.

Is Rafah the breaking point?

There is no obvious better state of the peace acceptable to both parties.

Neither side is willing to give up on its war aims just yet.

Israel’s prime minister is defying red lines and humanitarian concerns.

The war could be ending soon.

Some Democrats are threatening to sit November out.

Netanyahu is defying the international community.

The problem that won’t go away.

A special counsel has declined to prosecute the President but his rationale was painful.

Israel and Iran’s proxies are on a collision course.

The 21st century’s most brutal conflict and the laws of war.

John Fetterman says he’s not a progressive.

World opinion and American opinion diverge significantly.

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

The cease-fire will end. What follows is not at all clear.

Hamas gets rewarded for its crimes.

The laws of armed conflict aren’t designed for this war.

Hamas continues to cynically manipulate the world’s humanitarian impulses.

Paris is fighting a losing battle over the prominence of their language.

What comes next is anyone’s guess.

Outsiders seem to want the impossible.

A high-stakes move.

It’s . . . complicated.

The choice is between competing disasters.

Amid warnings of war crimes, no mercy is forthcoming.

The killing goes on.

A roundup of news and opinon.

Also: calls for his resignation.

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

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

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

A natural disaster has compounded a man-made one.