Outside the Beltway

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.

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

We expect far more from the Oval Office than is reasonable.

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 polls do not bode well for Democrats.

The horrific tallies of Putin’s war of choice continue to mount.

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.

Stories of note sans write-ups.

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

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

Bargaining continues amidst poisoning and mass killing.

The most important man in the Senate got rich the old fashioned way.

They have lost at least seven.

The term keeps on giving.

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.

A hundred Senators actually didn’t mean to change our clocks.

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

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

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.

Do you believe in miracles?

The most likely outcome is not a happy one.

More brutality from an ostensible US ally.

No casualties, American or otherwise, have been reported.

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).