Outside the Beltway

Come for the shots fired at the cabinet, stay for the weird digression.

Bret Stephens wants to oust Maduro in Venezuela.

It’s not an unprecedented stance.

Millions turned out in support of basic ideals.

By law enforcement.

Brought to you by the “America First” crowd.

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

Another day, another step closer towards military policing in the US.

A meme that is as muddled and authoritarian as the President who posted it

The pioneering astronaut is gone at 97.

This ain’t 1976.

No. But it won’t matter.

Thinking about possible outcomes.

But Not Really (Wink Wink)

Perhaps it’s just as well.

What could possibly go wrong?

A response to an argument based on feels not facts

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and both Roosevelts pushed the envelope, too!

Racism this explicit needs to be directly confronted

His former National Security Advisor is not impressed.

Trumps undercuts current messaging & brings up past military service controversies

A third (and hopefully final) post on the matter.

Some additional (and longwinded) perspective.

I don’t think its stolen valor, but Walz has played it loose when referring to his service

One of the most notorious war criminals in American history is dead at 80.

Police have been brought at universities across the country.

A legendary soldier is gone at 97.

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

The roots of MAGA run deep, through places like my old home.

A misleading survey result.

The most important and controversial American diplomat of the postwar era is gone at 100.

I know it when I see it.

A poll on Israeli support.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

When the obvious is controversial.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

Generations of young Americans weren’t alive or have no real memory of the event.

There has been a steady decline the last five years.

Today’s youth cohort might actually vote.

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

The problem is not the indictment; it is the indicted.

Ukraine is heavily censoring foreign media.

After giving a softball interview, he apparently expected one in return.

The “We Were Soldiers Once” author and his wife have been honored.

An old soldier has faded away.

The Pentagon Papers guy laments that there are too few like him.