Outside the Beltway

Some musings on the wrong lessons from a major global event.

Some quotes to ponder.

Thinking out loud, as one does.

It is too soon to tell.

Cults of personality are not the same as cults.

A phony annexation doesn’t hide that he’s badly losing his illegal war.

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

The 6th Circuit is allowing a professor fired for misgendering a transwoman to sue his state university.

A very low-spoilers review.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

Some recommended reading.

The President is desperate and unwell and the press is making no bones about it.

The regime’s crackdown on their Muslim minority is worse than imagined.

Bloomberg waffles on China while Sanders has a soft spot for Castro.

A student in Florida has been charged with creating a disturbance after declining to recite the Pledge Of Allegiance in class.

Is it too much to ask for truth about basic facts from the White House Press Secretary?

A quick hit and run post to provide a proper definition.

Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy has said he will act to remove Catalonia’s pro-independence leadership from power.

Trying to make sense of that which makes no sense.

Given his rhetoric, it’s fairly clear that Donald Trump is drawing from a poisonous political well. So there’s no point in failing to acknowledge reality.

Disturbing developments on the part of the Ukrainian government.

A pretty clear violation of the First Amendment.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells wonders with some irritation “Why Henry Kissinger Never Goes Away.”

An absolutely ridiculous criminal case out of West Virginia.

The capacity of some people to look the other way in the face of evil is astounding.

How can we know what happens next in North Korea when we didn’t even know Kim Jong-il had died?

Contrary to popular belief, Adolf Hitler didn’t come to power by democratic means or because of his ability to whip the public into a frenzy.