Outside the Beltway

A fifty-year dictatorship has been ousted. What now?

When the abnormal ceases to be.

The ludicrous appointments keep coming.

Trump’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

Staffers are in mutiny after owners killed plans to endorse Kamala Harris for President.

Plus some thoughts on mass deportation.

Hitler comparisons.

The talk show pioneer is gone at 88.

The only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose.

A desperate measure for a desperate problem.

Eye-rolling moral equivalence that will lessen respect for international law.

The release of a second set of figures has created a lot of hyperbole.

A Congressionally-mandated report finds “reasonable” evidence but acknowledges limitations.

Are we betraying the Founders?

A tragedy on multiple levels.

A major effort to capture the diversity of America.

Putin ignored warnings from US intelligence.

A bizarre call from the former Speaker.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

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

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

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

It’s likely legal and almost certainly won’t matter.

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

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

When the intellectually correct answer isn’t politically possible.

Muddled reporting of a messy situation.

A poll on Israeli support.

Where religious zealotry can lead. (So, yes, a digression into American politics).

What does “complete victory” look like?

Ali Qadhi, who led the terrorist attack on Israel last week, has been killed by the IDF. So have fleeing civilians.

The killing goes on.

A roundup of news and opinon.

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

Membership is stalled by more support is coming.

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

Normal diplomacy with an abnormal ally.

The Pope is siding with evil.

A big reaction to a small problem.

The left and right are attacking basic rights. But not equally.

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

Putin is losing but no one is winning.

We’re all gonna die, folks.

A pending Supreme Court ruling could be more impactful than many realize.

A controversial artillery round is being used effectively against Russian forces.

The elite consensus that free trade would bring them around is gone.

A legal but unsavory solution to a problem.

A novel concept. Will it catch on?