Outside the Beltway

Are retired officers on defense boards presumed liars?

The Pope is indeed Catholic. The rest is up for debate.

More willingness to subvert the election.

Crises tend to be distracting.

The proxy war is working.

Many and small beats large and heavy. Finding beats flanking. Swarming beats surging.

A fascinating report from the WSJ.

Another morale booster for the good guys.

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

Intellectuals are fleeing as Soviet-style censorship returns.

The first round is currently being held.

The polls do not bode well for Democrats.

The Defense Department shares the worst-kept secret about the war effort.

The West continues to close Moscow off.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

Western powers may be at odds with the people doing the fighting and dying.

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

It would be fitting but, alas, won’t happen.

Evidence of mass atrocities across Ukraine continues to mount.

The only way to save our freedom is to destroy it.

It’s okay to ask a war criminal for some political dirt on your opponent, right?

Democrats want the DOJ to act more quickly.

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

Bargaining continues amidst poisoning and mass killing.

They have lost at least seven.

The term keeps on giving.

We did much better in 2020 and worse since 2021 than we thought.

The President commits a Kinsley gaffe.

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

Putin must be worrying about losing what little empire he has built.

What will Zelensky, Putin, and the West settle for?

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

We can only hope.

The Russian leader is very unlikely to be hauled before the Hague.

The most likely outcome is not a happy one.

More brutality from an ostensible US ally.

Strikes near the Polish border show the real possibility of escalation.

The BBC checks the facts.

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

Yet another case where good politics yields bad policy.

Yet another casualty of the Ukraine invasion.

He’s tanned. He’s rested. Is he ready?

An incredibly isolated Russian leader is not interested in running the country.

The disintegrating military situation is leading to escalating brutality.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

Putin’s war of choice has created a humanitarian nightmare.

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.