Outside the Beltway

An execrable assertion.

Will the first President convicted of crimes be the first convicted felon re-elected as President?

Rubio reportedly wants the gig.

“Dragon at Rest”

Stunning news.

The inclusion of Negro League statistics has rewritten the game’s history.

Some 45 are dead in what Israel calls a “tragic accident.”

Closing arguments start today and a verdict and possible sentencing could come this week.

Faux amateurism is dead. What replaces it remains to be seen.

Interesting stories I’m not going to write about at length.

After ‘the economy,’ the two diverge wildly on their top priorities.

A weird report might explain a puzzling finding in the polls.

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

The UN body cites violation of the Genocide Convention.

Alas, on terms Ukraine can’t possibly accept.

The weirdness of this year’s polling gives the President’s team hope.

“Self Serve”

Most of the biggest countries in the world have birth rates below replacement level.

There is a strong push inside the administration to allow use of US weapons to strike Russia.

A beach home and “An Appeal to Heaven”

It’s depressingly short.

A small, conscript-driven military has very different training and doctrine than ours.

A collection I started but didn’t fully finish.

He isn’t very popular.

Eye-rolling moral equivalence that will lessen respect for international law.

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

After weeks of protest, a solid effort.

A shocking development amidst regional turmoil.

A pending mandate in Louisiana

Here are some special papers.

The Alitos and the upside-down flag.

It’s more than competition but less than war.

It depends.