Outside the Beltway

A cautious analyst makes a strong claim.

Reports yesterday had former Vice-President Biden entering the Presidential field as early as tomorrow. Those plans appear to be delayed. but an an announcement still appears to be coming.

Some say yes, others no.

US higher education is made up of far more than just the Ivies and other elite schools.

Many are calling for the UK Prime Minister’s ouster. But the problem is Brexit itself, not any one leader.

Predictably, news that the investigation has ended has people on both sides cheering. It’s unwarranted.

Free expression sometimes enables horrible crimes. How does a free society deal with that tension?

It’s that time of year again, and once again people are asking if it isn’t time to drop the whole ritual of changing time every six months altogether.

The first test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon appears to have been an all-around success.

A successful launch for SpaceX and NASA and a successful beginning to the return of American manned spaceflight.

Early tomorrow morning, NASA and SpaceX will be testing a crucial part of America’s return to manned space flight.

And if you don’t know, now you know.

Twenty days after we learned about racist yearbook photos and everything that followed from it, there’s been no action against any of Virginia’s top political leaders. Don’t expect to see it either.

Roger Stone is being ordered to Court after an Instagram post that appears to be a direct threat against the Judge presiding over his criminal case.

The Trump Administration continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, can it ever be repaired?

Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffered the worst defeat in the modern history of the British Parliament, and nobody is sure what happens next.

Yes, there can be real problems with election activities, but that does not excuse POTUS’ lies about fraud.

One hundred years after the end of World War One, the forces that led to it are waking up from a long slumber.

Robert Mueller’s office has referred an apparent effort to bribe women into making allegations against him to the F.B.I.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley says he would not consider a Supreme Court nominee in 2020. But does he really mean it?

While I was originally content to let Brett Kavanaugh sail through to confirmation, I now feel compelled to oppose his nomination to be a Supreme Court Justice.

My last post on this subject for the weekend (I think).

Recent controversies over rules enforcement have some crying Foul!

Donald Trump is a bad, inept, and potentially dangerous President. That doesn’t mean that a ‘soft coup’ inside the White House is the answer to the problem he presents to our democratic republic.

Entertainers work for a living, too.

President Trump is alienating our allies and making friends with dictators, and the world is responding as you might expect they would.

A new study concludes that the total death toll from Hurricane Maria was vastly higher than previously reported.

Andy Bitter has taken a new job but his former employer thinks it owns his social media account.

President Trump and the President of the European Commission announced an agreement late yesterday on trade issues, but it’s long on promises and short on results.

Some additional comparative info (internationally and state-to-state).

Donald Trump continues to do something that Russian and Soviet leaders likely only thought possible in their wildest dreams, drive a wedge between the United States and its NATO allies.

The 100-mile Constitution-free zone strikes again.

Seemingly out of nowhere yesterday, the Commander-in-Chief ordered the Pentagon to create a fifth service.

European alliance and Russian goals edition.

Dan Coates, the Director of National Intelligence, has issued a strong warning that has received little attention.

The new American Ambassador to Germany is making what clearly seem to be inappropriate statements about domestic politics in Europe.

The Internet is a global platform. Should every country’s laws apply to everyone using it?

A big win for Federalism and common sense at the Supreme Court.

61 percent of Americans have a favorable impression of a man who left office a failed president.

Seven years after deactivation, the U.S. Second Fleet will be patrolling the North Atlantic again.

They hired Israeli Private Investigators to dig up dirt on former Obama officials, including Ben Rhodes and Colin Kahl.

Andrew Sullivan wonders, “Will there always be an England?”

A day after burying his wife of 73 years, the 41st President was hospitalized for an infection that had spread to his blood.

Sean Hannity was Michael Cohen’s “secret client,” but it’s not clear that should matter to anyone.

The idea that individuals have different “learning styles” is apparently not borne out by the evidence, according to recent research.

Argumentation without the intent to persuade is masturbation, not journalism.

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?

Republicans are claiming that Conor Lamb won Tuesday’s Special Election in Pennsylvania because he campaigned as a conservative. These people are either deluded or lying.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.