Outside the Beltway

Maybe talks, but maybe not?

The Art of the Deal in action.

That’s not how any of this works.

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

Little Marco has come a long way.

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

What could go wrong?

Are our columnists learning? (I think you know the answer).

What it is and isn’t. Some polisci basics.

More excerpts from excellent columns I’ve read.

I’m sure there’s a plan for that.

Trump’s love of the unilateral is on display with serious consequences.

Preliminary thoughts from several columnists.

“Major combat operations” are underway.

You’re going to be finding out over the next, maybe, 10 days. 10 to 15 days, pretty much, maximum.

Just harness Senator Mullin’s views on regime change in Iran.

We may be closer to regime change than any point since the 1979 Revolution.

We’ve seen this movie before.

Bret Stephens wants to oust Maduro in Venezuela.

The public is much less concerned than you are.

This phase seems to be over. [Or maybe not!]

The war is on.

Thinking about possible outcomes.

Whatever that means.

Trump and Netanyahu do not see eye to eye on the matter.

The fall of the Assad regime is the end of the beginning.

Well, that de-escalated quickly.

A 34-year CIA officer’s thoughts.

Can the unsustainable be sustained?

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

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

Whether deliberate or another ‘gaffe,’ he’s likely right.

World opinion has shifted even more against Russia. Will it matter?

The President commits a Kinsley gaffe.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

Addressing an analytical pet peeve (and, more importantly, correcting a mistake).

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

A blast from the past.

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

How to translate understandable frustration at injustice into tangible reform?

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).

WIth North Korea’s end of the year deadline for progress on talks quickly approaching, it is clear that the Trump Administration’s policies with regard to the DPRK have failed.

Elizabeth Warren took most of the fire during last night’s fourth Democratic debate, which will likely go a long way toward winnowing down a crowded field.

President Trump took to Twitter late this morning to fire his third National Security Adviser.

A former Federal Reserve officials argues that the Fed should not lower interest rates to compensate for the impact of the President’s trade war, potentially leading to his defeat in the election. This is an incredibly bad idea.

The Trump Administration has effectively declared economic warfare against the government of Nicolas Maduro. It won’t succeed, and will further victimize the already suffering Venezuelan people.

Every offseason re-aligns the sport in fascinating ways.