Outside the Beltway

STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST, naturally.

An American patriot is gone at 81.

The Art of the Deal in action.

The regime is not a -changin’.

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

Lethality.

Oil prices are sharply up.

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

What could go wrong?

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

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

I’m sure there’s a plan for that.

Preliminary thoughts from several columnists.

“Major combat operations” are underway.

You’re going to be finding out over the next, maybe, 10 days. 10 to 15 days, pretty much, maximum.

An absurd matter has come to its rightful conclusion.

An oft-misunderstood legal principle.

We’ve seen this movie before.

Fewer lies! Fewer experts!

Bret Stephens wants to oust Maduro in Venezuela.

The octogenarian Speaker Emerita will not seek re-election.

The former Defense Secretary and Vice President is gone at 84.

What could possibly go wrong?

Some musings on the wrong lessons from a major global event.

A dire warning from the UN.

It’s bad writing, but a necessary evil.

This ain’t 1976.

This phase seems to be over. [Or maybe not!]

The war is on.

Is dropping it on Israel the most likely reason?

Thinking about possible outcomes.

Whatever that means.

We’re officially past rhyming and into history (or at least rhetoric) repeating.

Trump and Netanyahu do not see eye to eye on the matter.

A major escalation in Middle East tensions is forecast.

USA! USA! USA!

It’s like tab clearing, but for those with no attention spa… squirrel!

We are about to find out the degree to which trade wars are good and easy to win.

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.

The top uniformed lawyers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force have been relieved.

The retired 3-star National Guard officer is an unorthodox pick.

Three members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been fired.

The fight over the continuing resolution raises some questions.

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

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

Another setback for Teheran.

The Florida governor is among several names being floated to replace Pete Hegseth.