Outside the Beltway

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

Hamas continues to cynically manipulate the world’s humanitarian impulses.

When the intellectually correct answer isn’t politically possible.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

Muddled reporting of a messy situation.

Trump is making verbal gaffes while making fun of Biden’s verbal gaffes.

A poll on Israeli support.

The fourth place candidate for second place in the Republican primaries has taken his ball and gone home to Mother.

What comes next is anyone’s guess.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

When the obvious is controversial.

Sigh.

The war in Israel is in danger of expanding.

America’s involvement in the Israeli and Ukrainian war efforts is more than advertised.

The press really needs to stop trying to make fetch happen.

Outsiders seem to want the impossible.

The best statement on the complexity of the Israel-Hamas conflict that I have heard/read.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

A policy-leaning wing and a political-leaning wing make for an unworkable coalition.

Demonstrators once again breached Hill security.

The timing is not auspicious.

A high-stakes move.

The crazies are this close to a complete takeover.

It’s . . . complicated.

What does “complete victory” look like?

Sober lessons from Israel.

Ali Qadhi, who led the terrorist attack on Israel last week, has been killed by the IDF. So have fleeing civilians.

The choice is between competing disasters.

The clown show still lacks a ringmaster.

Amid warnings of war crimes, no mercy is forthcoming.

The latest reminder.

One of the worst movies in memory may be getting a sequel.

The killing goes on.

Our limited attention spans.

A roundup of news and opinon.

It is escalating quickly.

The 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur war sees a re-escalation.

Sigh.

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

The Netanyahu government is facing massive strikes and protests over its latest authoritarian moves.

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

A real example of American exceptionalism.

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

The corrupt leader is back for a sixth term.

Is the President governing like he means it?

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

A lot of folks who study democracy have sent an open letter to Congress.

It’s much bigger than it appears.