Outside the Beltway

Then process gets in the way of efficiency, kill the process.

An embarrasing day in US history.

Those seeking to escape the global south are facing resistance from DC to London to Paris.

A real example of American exceptionalism.

The Biden admin is about to take a demilitarized group off the terrorist list and some people aren’t happy about it.

The law and justice are frequently not the same thing.

Some reflections

Historical precedents fall apart when we’re in a truly unprecedented time.

President Biden told a little fib.

The pandemic is having serious effects in the region, and they will persist for some time.

There’s nothing to see here, folks.

CBS did a lousy job.

This time on Venezuela

America’s Newspaper of Record has decided the backlash isn’t worth it.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for President, making him the 23rd candidate in an already crowded field.

While he campaigned on a message of restraint, Donald Trump has largely adopted the interventionist foreign policies of his predecessors.

The Wall Street Journal tries, and fails, to defend President Trump’s indefensible veto of the Congressional resolution regarding the war on Yemen.

The key remains the military.

He conjures the imperialist past with such comments (and he doesn’t even use the term correctly).

And if you don’t know, now you know.

US policy is creating nonconstructive confrontation.

There is a bit of a disjuncture between the terminology and the reality (but that does not excuse Trump’s current actions).

Thankfully, they chose not to help.

Donald Trump had to be talked down from considering military intervention in Venezuela.

Frank Carlucci, who served as President Reagan’s last Secretary of Defense, has died at 87.

A blast from the past as Oliver North, who was once at the center of a major Washington scandal, is named President of the National Rifle Association.

Cuba has a new President and he isn’t named Castro, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to see significant change in the near future.

Without Congressional authorization, any attack on Syria would be illegal, but don’t expect Congress to do anything about it.

The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.

Continuing a long-standard tradition, the Trump Administration claims it doesn’t need to get legal authorization to keep American troops in Syria.

With the Administration set to commit the United States to a forever war in Syria, it’s time for Congress to act.

Some thoughts about why the president’s remarks on immigration are so problematic.

One of the Cold War era’s last dictators has finally died.

The eighth Democratic debate raises the question of whether we really need this many debates.

Nancy Reagan was a crucial part what made Ronald Reagan the man he was, and today she passed away at the age of 94.

Has the legislative branch abdicated its responsibility in US foreign policy?

After success in Scotland, it may be time to consider allowing at least some teenagers to vote.

Trying to make sense of a very complicated issue.

One of Washington’s giants has passed away.

Twenty-five years after his seminal “End of History” article, Francis Fukuyama reflects on its legacy.

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.