Outside the Beltway

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

The trailblazing Congresswoman is gone at 82.

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

The silliness of “generations.”

The trailblazing television interviewer is gone at 93.

A generic attack ad that’s cringeworthy in the specific.

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

It’s much bigger than it appears.

The US armed forces are looking for a few more good men and women.

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

The Nation is unusually divided and melancholy on its birthday.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

Has a franchise that’s always been political gone too far?

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

The proxy war is working.

The West continues to close Moscow off.

They have lost at least seven.

The service is taking a big risk but not without much discussion.

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

The Russian leader is very unlikely to be hauled before the Hague.

Putin is a monster, but he may also be just as irrational as the rest of us.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

A protest against vaccine mandates is growing with a little help from our adversaries.

The veteran journalist and Fox News original is gone at 75.

How do we know when our government is telling us the truth?

When life doesn’t imitate art.

The Rogue Warrior is gone at 81.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

Two controversial monuments are gone.

Violence, masculinity, and American politics.

An interesting argument, albeit about a tiny and vastly over-discussed segment.

Will America re-elect an 82-year-old to the White House?

He’s controversial but consistent.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

Why products are still hard to find and prices are so high.

What malarkey is this?

A blast from the past.

The wonders of hindsight.

The actor best known for his role as Lou Grant has died at 91.

A legendary journalist is gone.

The postmortems are well underway.

The cost of raising a university’s profile.

The President hit all the right notes.

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

Another narrowly-crafted but overwhelming opinion from the Supreme Court.