Outside the Beltway

Johnson is acting more as an agent of the president than of the Congress.

There’s still no strategy.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

So much winning.

Nothing like a war of choice to send indicators in the wrong direction.

Someone had to report it!

At a time of increased terrorist threat, look who is in charge of key departments.

Maybe talks, but maybe not?

How it started and how it’s going.

STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST, naturally.

The Art of the Deal in action.

Energy prices are likely to be affected for some time.

Why not both?

“It takes money to kill bad guys.”

That’s not how any of this works.

The regime is not a -changin’.

An IR theory that is often misapplied in my view (especially by certain kinds of practitioners).

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

Little Marco has come a long way.

Plus: the Strait of Hormuz.

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

Lethality.

An update from the Commander-in-Chief.

Is no one thinking about the end state?

Iran will soon have a new Supreme Leader. For now.

Presidential fashion choices for solemn occasions.

Oil prices are sharply up.

Apparently, not the president or his “leadership council.”

Well, it’s complicated.

Memes, movies, TV shows, and actual war. One of these things is not like the other.

They have a right to do anything we can’t stop them from doing.

Or, why having simpletons in charge is a bad idea.

What could go wrong?

Now we know why it started when it did.

Are our columnists learning? (I think you know the answer).

The nature of war does not change; only its character.

Shooting down cheap drones with expensive missiles is problematic in more ways than one.

Usually president care what the public thinks, especially at times of major military action. Not this time.

What it is and isn’t. Some polisci basics.

More excerpts from excellent columns I’ve read.

I’m sure there’s a plan for that.

Breaking news. Big if true.