Outside the Beltway

We’ve seen this movie before.

Bret Stephens wants to oust Maduro in Venezuela.

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.