Outside the Beltway

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

A fifty-year dictatorship has been ousted. What now?

But reports are he will leave office “early.”

Spoiler: tariff threats and other “one weird trick” approaches won’t work.

Another setback for Teheran.

More breaking news.

Another huge blow against Iranian’s regional strategy.

Stop me if you have heard this before, but he is unqualified for the job.

Of leopards and faces.

There is no such thing as “the perfect candidate.”

An indefensible choice.

The Congressman and Green Beret colonel will head Trump’s national security team.

Turning a campaign slogan into policy.

Putting down markers for future reference.

Hitler comparisons.

Breaking News

And the grotesqueness of the Trumpian response.

What we know a day later.

Where the science and art of polling intersect.

A modest proposal for Civil Service reform.

These people are frustrating.

Things continue to be tight, yet Harrisward.

Harris appears to be getting a post-convention bounce while Trump and Vance stay classy.

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

A bold strike that threatens to escalate a regional war.

It’s not been a great few days for J. D. Vance

We’re back to Square 1.

More endorsement and support for Harris.

I question the timing.

The far right won the first round. The far left won the second. It’s a mess.

The basics.

UK 2024 edition.

Too little, too late.

More to consider.

A whopping $50 million donation from a single nepo baby put him over the top.

A non-ruling by the Supreme Court is being touted as something else.

The moderates are gone.

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

Voters in Mexico, India, and South Africa are making their voices heard.

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

Alas, on terms Ukraine can’t possibly accept.

He isn’t very popular.