Outside the Beltway

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

Eighteen HIMARS and what do you get? Years older and deeper in debt.

The CIA warned of his months ago but the Biden administration is being cautious.

Autocrats facing defeat have all kinds of counterproductive, dangerous ideas.

The Russian leader may be looking over his shoulder after imposing a draft.

Putin provides an example for a Politics 101 class.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

What once seemed to be ‘saying the quiet part out loud’ is now administration policy.

There’s plenty of reason for optimism.

It’s much bigger than it appears.

Russian forces have been forced out of two logistical support hubs.

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

The bloody conflict could go on for months, if not years.

After decades of exporting American jobs, corporations are bringing them home.

From a WaPo piece on the FSB and Ukraine.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

It’s complicated, hard to prove, and politically fraught.

The U.S. average is under $4 for the first time in months.

“America can survive the demagogues themselves, it’s their audience that will kill us.”

Instead of a clenched fist of support, it was a big middle finger to Sweden and Finland.

The competition is slowly ratcheting up.

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

Not only has the war changed, but so have the combatants.

The economy, it turns out, is complicated.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

An embarrassing photo demonstrates the perils of leading the free world.

The CPI has hit yet another four-decade high.

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

The pressure and expectations of a king, but with considerably less power.

Remarkably, he had contact information on there!

The Western alliance is getting stronger in the face of Russian aggression.

What happens if Ukraine can’t achieve complete victory?

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

A recurring genre about presidents.

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

The President continues his recent penchant for saying the quiet part out loud.

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

A diplomatic nightmare brewing since last week is now upon us.

Supply chain disruptions are contributing to crisis for 300 million people.

The bubble may have burst.

Another day, another disappointment for the party’s legislative agenda.

The Biden Administration is constantly bragging about its actions against Russia. Is that wise?

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

A splendid idea but why stop there?

Are retired officers on defense boards presumed liars?

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

The boring moderate beat the neo-Nazi with 58% of the vote.