Outside the Beltway

Our brains are wired to seek approval but may not be equipped to handle our modern existence.

A follow-up to yesterday’s analysis.

A blast from the past.

The wonders of hindsight.

We may be out of Afghanistan but the ‘war on terror’ is likely to continue indefinitely.

Grandstanding in the midst of chaos is a bad look.

They’ve got a lot of gall blaming Biden for this mess.

A legendary journalist is gone.

The postmortems are well underway.

The President hit all the right notes.

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

He will challenge Greg Abbott for the GOP nomination.

For years, American troops fought a ‘forever war’ to delay the inevitable. It’s now coming.

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

A meaningless gesture that’s long overdue.

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

A serving officer was arrested for his part in events of 6 January

On fiscal policy and historical comparisons.

It’s undemocratic and we should get rid of it. But doing so isn’t a panacea.

Yes, it’s complicated, but it is also time to stop relying on cliches.

We tend to focus on the wrong qualities in our early assessments.

Those expecting Bernie Sanders’ agenda are sorely disappointed.

It’s easy if you try.

The reflections on the departed right-wing talk host continue.

Some reflections

President Biden told a little fib.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

The live coverage of Wednesday’s assault on American democracy underplayed its seriousness.

There’s a word for people who use outrageous violence to terrorize.

Maybe it’s not going to be Michèle Flournoy after all.

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

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

The venerable military newspaper lives to print another day.

The Toddler-in-Chief strikes again.

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

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

The Natanz fuel enrichment site has been seriously damaged.

The President didn’t want to hear about bad behavior from Moscow, so he wasn’t told.

The former NSC staffer who testified against Trump is at a career crossroads.

How to translate understandable frustration at injustice into tangible reform?

Are those who die in our wars more deserving than those who die in our stores?

Can there be truth when there are consequences?

The founder of Small Wars Journal passed Saturday.

The 58-year-old may have a post-presidency unmatched in history.

In recent weeks the US has ramped-up pressure on Maduro.

A proportional response.

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

Another milestone has been reached.

A book out today makes an odd case.