Outside the Beltway

The 45th President was a psychopath.

Are retired officers on defense boards presumed liars?

A wackadoodle colonel is on his way out.

An interesting statement from his National Security Advisor.

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.

A Michigan jury believed the FBI created the crime.

The Defense Department shares the worst-kept secret about the war effort.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

Another glass ceiling has been shattered.

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

Can it overcome demographics and decoupling to sustain its current unprecedented growth?

More brutality from an ostensible US ally.

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

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

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

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

The American President is once again leading the free world.

It might feel good but it has zero impact on Putin.

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

The first shoe has dropped.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

Because of course he did.

Two unclassified after-action reports shine a new—if one-sided—light on the evacuation.

Western intelligence agencies continue to predict an invasion under absurd pretexts.

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

The Biden administration is close to repairing the damage Trump caused.

The American way of war kills a lot of noncombatants.

A ginned up controversy regarding a border nature reserve has escalated.

Expert opinion on the standoff differs sharply.

The United States and its NATO allies are in a dangerous standoff.

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

A former classmate is going to be one of the US military’s most senior leaders.

The Rogue Warrior is gone at 81.

Our ostensibly ally is working with our chief adversary against our interests.

You’re a monster, Dr. Grinch, Your heart’s an empty hole.

The continuing calls to abandon objectivity in reporting in favor of a particular agenda.

Some 98 percent of active service members are now vaccinated. The rest will be discharged.

Russia’s leader sees the situation in the former Soviet Republic quite differently than the West.

The Pentagon brass have defeated a supermajority coalition in Congress.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

Russia may invade Ukraine again. The United States would prefer otherwise.

Trump’s last Secretary of Defense is being stymied by preclearance review.

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