Outside the Beltway

Richer than Germany 20 years ago, it’s now poorer than Mississippi.

A report on a concentration of detainees.

The preliminary DIA assessment has been leaked.

Perhaps longer, but the worst in the history of the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

His party got destroyed in EU elections, so he’s doubling down.

When does humanitarian catastrophe become something more?

A century-old cartel has been broken.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

An idea, not a continent.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

Americans have taken the dominance of the Women’s National Team for granted.

Our car culture is killing us.

An object lesson on the challenges of alliance politics.

We charge patients way more than other counties.

The Attorney General can’t please everyone, so he’s got to please himself.

Hopefully answering a reader question (but probably just making it all worse).

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

News and commentary of note.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

Is shunning those without college degrees the last acceptable prejudice?

Two new studies bring more questions than answers.