Outside the Beltway

A blast from the past.

Because Afghanistan and Hurricane Ida weren’t enough for the Biden administration to deal with.

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

The collapse is not his doing. But he’s accountable for the poor planning.

Fear of Chinese spies led to a bizarre and illegal operation within the Commerce Department.

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

Stories, links, and brief observations from the week that never grew into posts.

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

An exceptional choice that breaks the recent tradition of politicos in the post.

Thousands of centrifuges have been destroyed.

Four administrations and two decades later, it’s about to be over.

Iran’s top nuclear facility is offline again.

The author of “Lonesome Dove,” “Terms of Endearment,” and so many more great novels is gone at 84.

Those expecting Bernie Sanders’ agenda are sorely disappointed.

A way-too-early assessment of how it’s going.

It’s easy if you try.

The fecklessness of U.S. human rights policy in full display.

Some reflections

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

Historical precedents fall apart when we’re in a truly unprecedented time.

President Biden told a little fib.

The President of the United States is an existential threat to the Republic.

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

The 46th President’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

The man behind the 1998 embassy attacks is dead.

Either democracy is sacred, or it’s not.

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

Yet more flouting of the rule of law by the Trump administration.

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

A shocking and yet completely unsurprising development.

The Natanz fuel enrichment site has been seriously damaged.

Some explosive charges in the former National Security Advisor’s book.

The counting methodology is flawed and that’s assuming honest reporting.

Another grim milestone

A proportional response.

If a global pandemic and economic crisis weren’t enough excitement . . . .

Conferences, sporting events, and even school has been canceled to avoid spreading the pandemic.

Is being ruled by the elderly a bad thing?

Donald Trump is once again trying to deflect reality.

CBS did a lousy job.

Moscow helped Trump in 2016. Do they want him back?

Only the best people.

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).

Claims by the President and Defense Department about the Iranian response to the Soleimani raid were untrue.

More on presidential nonsense with a brief diversion into blogging philosophy.

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

President Trump has a huge decision to make.