Outside the Beltway

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

The only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose.

While foreign policy seldom decides American elections, it really should this year.

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

Alas, on terms Ukraine can’t possibly accept.

Most of the biggest countries in the world have birth rates below replacement level.

There is a strong push inside the administration to allow use of US weapons to strike Russia.

Eye-rolling moral equivalence that will lessen respect for international law.

A shocking development amidst regional turmoil.

It’s more than competition but less than war.

Are we avoiding facing hard truths?

Yesterday’s New Jersey speech was something to behold.

An interesting analysis by The Economist.

A minor gaffe is overshadowing a more complicated story.

It’s been around for a very long time.

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

Several glimmers of hope from the Ukraine funding bill.

A win for the good guys and a loss for Trump and Putin.

The Western sphere widens.

It’s about time.

A set of bills would fund Ukraine, Israel, and other bipartisan priorities while ticking of the MAGA crowd.

While the West dithers, Russia is doubling down.

The Netanyahu government has few friends.

Putin ignored warnings from US intelligence.

He’s on a winning streak not seen since Stalin.

A long-predicted threat has emerged.

The “courage of the white flag” is a horrible idea.

The state of the union is apparently fiery.

A scholarly treatise argues it is not.

A well-intentioned but likely doomed effort.

In a shocking development, the overwhelming frontrunner is winning.

The White House is doing damage control.

A new report puts the conversation in a different light.

In the Trump era, it’s all politics.

Yet more evidence the man is unfit to serve as Commander-in-Chief.

The Secretary of Defense has outlined the parameters.

The sad joke continues.

A bizarre call from the former Speaker.

A misleading survey result.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

The Republican frontrunner continues to use Hitler’s language, praise dictators, and lionize traitors.

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

America’s involvement in the Israeli and Ukrainian war efforts is more than advertised.

Outsiders seem to want the impossible.

A high-stakes move.

An idea, not a continent.

The tables have turned.

Will taking the war to Moscow change Putin’s calculus?