Outside the Beltway

A roundup of news and opinon.

We need reform.

Will taking the war to Moscow change Putin’s calculus?

The mainstream media isn’t and shouldn’t become a counterpart to the right-wing infotainment complex.

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

Jonathan Turley’s defense of the impeachment inquiry is not impressive.

Hasan Minhaj is a serial liar. Does it matter?

A political trial for political crimes always yields a political result.

He is seeking a new regional consensus.

The inmates are running the asylum.

More thinking about the 2024 GOP primary.

A new book looks at the confluence of geography and disadvantage.

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

An unconvincing column from an old pro.

Sigh.

Ends up that some mature democracies believe in letting legitimate legal proceedings to, well, proceed.

What about Biden?

We’re in uncharted waters.

Tuberville claims he was taken “out of context.”

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

Running for office or just running?

Corruption charges against the former premier have sparked rioting.

The Netanyahu government is facing massive strikes and protests over its latest authoritarian moves.

An aggressive but expected move.

The Robespierres in the House of Representatives are driving American politics in a predictably horrible direction.

Latin America’s answer to Donald Trump has his own insurrection attempt.

The Pope Emeritus has died at 95.

So proclaims American Greatness.

The ball is now in Merrick Garland’s court.

A novel concept. Will it catch on?

Adam Laxalt’s big lead is slowly erodiing.

The corrupt leader is back for a sixth term.

The Justice Department is looking to inoculate itself against charges of partisanship.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

You have to be suspicious of people who enjoy gangster movies a bit too much.

Not only has the war changed, but so have the combatants.

He met with people. And, get this, with his father!

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

Remarkably, he had contact information on there!

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

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

The first round produced two very different candidates.

Our representation problems are far, far more about structure than they are about the messaging of the parties.

Party leaders are treating an electoral defeat as inevitable.

A fascinating report from the WSJ.

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

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

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.