Outside the Beltway

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.

Tweets aren’t policy, unless they are.

A recurring source of friction in the OTB conversation.

One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.

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.

President Trump has a huge decision to make.

President Trump is making ridiculous threats against the regime in Iraq that are likely to draw it closer to Iran.

President Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites would most likely constitute a war crime if he actually carried it out.