Outside the Beltway

We tortured some folks.

A clear violation of the laws of war. But do they apply?

The SOUTHCOM commander has resigned and the Senate is debating, but it won’t matter.

A dire warning from the UN.

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

Sometimes all we have is the choice of how we react to events.

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

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

The elite consensus that free trade would bring them around is gone.

A few stories to consider.

The collaboration has been even more robust than advertised.

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

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

Police and the Punisher Skull

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

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

Two notorious cases indicate a policy shift on federal prosecutions of cases already tried in lower courts.

What if the “fake news” is really fake news?

A possible murder plot in Colombia embedded into a problematic multi-decade narrative.

Two NeverTrump Republicans have had enough.

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

We may be out of Afghanistan but the ‘war on terror’ is likely to continue indefinitely.