Outside the Beltway

It’s . . . complicated.

What does “complete victory” look like?

Our limited attention spans.

Congress is doing something, at least.

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

The longtime politician and statesman is gone at 75.

There has been a steady decline the last five years.

Today’s youth cohort might actually vote.

They’re angry and yet having a good time.

Is America’s military capable of fighting the next war?

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

He’s likely to make heads explode.

The would-be President is floundering as he tries to position himself.

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

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

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

A natural disaster has compounded a man-made one.

A look back at two decades of blogging.

The one-time Juiceboxer is still annoying the mainstream media.

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

A 34-year CIA officer’s thoughts.

Some of the early reactions to the inevitable announcement tell the tale.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

Can the unsustainable be sustained?

Apparently, Charles III is quite well off.

It’s much bigger than it appears.

A man made famous for discovering Iraq’s WMD program was virtually nonexistent is gone at 82.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

A precision drone strike on a balcony in Kabul took out a longtime nemesis.

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

An embarrassing photo demonstrates the perils of leading the free world.

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

Are you going to believe this index or your own lyin’ eyes?

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

An interesting statement from his National Security Advisor.

A fascinating report from the WSJ.

She is running to finish out Don Young’s term in Congress.

The service is taking a big risk but not without much discussion.

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

No casualties, American or otherwise, have been reported.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

Pundits like Thomas Friedman struggle with premature prognostication.

NATO has stepped up in a pleasantly surprising way to resist the Ukraine invasion.

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

What if the “fake news” is really fake news?

How do we know when our government is telling us the truth?

A ginned up controversy regarding a border nature reserve has escalated.

Expert opinion on the standoff differs sharply.