Outside the Beltway

Things are not going well in the special military operation.

The threat is not idle and the options for responding are not good.

Can the unsustainable be sustained?

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

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.

As one does when one is confident of one’s policy choices.

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

There’s plenty of reason for optimism.

What is the right measure of success for the Committee investigating the Capitol riot?

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

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

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

A splendid idea but why stop there?

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

Crises tend to be distracting.

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.

Western powers may be at odds with the people doing the fighting and dying.

Evidence of mass atrocities across Ukraine continues to mount.

The only way to save our freedom is to destroy it.

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.

The term keeps on giving.

The President commits a Kinsley gaffe.

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

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

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.

The most likely outcome is not a happy one.

Strikes near the Polish border show the real possibility of escalation.

Whether dupes or active participants, the damage is real (and points us back to 2016).

An incredibly isolated Russian leader is not interested in running the country.

The disintegrating military situation is leading to escalating brutality.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

One can see the faintest hint of a backbone in the former Vice President.

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.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

Most people liked it more than I did.

The American President is once again leading the free world.