Outside the Beltway

The hostages have been released, but the war appears back on.

All 20 living hostages have been released and the bodies of others are slowly being returned.

A pause in fighting, release of hostages, and then . . . ?

Netanyahu will take it.

Colombia’s President said the wrong thing and had his visa revoked.

The inevitable has finally arrived.

There are no satisfying answers.

The seemingly inevitable next step.

Responding to tragedy with farce.

The administration’s war on higher ed has escalated.

Who could have known?

Will the Netanyahu government double down on its weakening of Iran?

A little ethnic cleansing coming right up.

More outrageous behavior.

Deadlnes make deals.

Another huge blow against Iranian’s regional strategy.

Peace, for a time.

Of leopards and faces.

The MSG rally.

Has the calculus of either side changed?

Is Sinwar’s assassination an opening?

Another one bites the dust.

The leading scholar on the subject dissents.

Alan Dershowitz is trying to make up his mind.

Massive numbers are taking to the streets in protest.

Another step closer to a regional war.

A Republican columnist is angry that Trump, not Harris, is being seen as the incumbent.

Stoking anti-Semitism for political gain

Running for President as Vice President is uniquely challenging.

The Gaza conflict has ousted a member of “the Squad.”

The war cabinet is gone. He now owns the war completely.

The moderates are gone.

Joy of four returned safe is mixed with the reality of scores of dead Palestinians.

The President declares Hamas “no longer capable” of large-scale attack.

Some 45 are dead in what Israel calls a “tragic accident.”

A collection I started but didn’t fully finish.

After weeks of protest, a solid effort.

The Israeli government has no plan. Its defense minister does.

A Congressionally-mandated report finds “reasonable” evidence but acknowledges limitations.

Is Rafah the breaking point?

There is no obvious better state of the peace acceptable to both parties.

War crime does pay.

Neither side is willing to give up on its war aims just yet.

This is only “one alternative, and this is being murdered.”

Two related questions.

When does humanitarian catastrophe become something more?

A two-level game where unconditional support has conditions.

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

A tragedy on multiple levels.