Outside the Beltway

His 95-year-old mom is still Queen but has handed off many of her duties.

Intellectuals are fleeing as Soviet-style censorship returns.

The first round is currently being held.

The horrific tallies of Putin’s war of choice continue to mount.

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

The West continues to close Moscow off.

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

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

World opinion has shifted even more against Russia. Will it matter?

It would be fitting but, alas, won’t happen.

Evidence of mass atrocities across Ukraine continues to mount.

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

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

No, presidentialism does not lock us into two parties.

Does it matter whether she’s a rube or a mastermind?

Bargaining continues amidst poisoning and mass killing.

We did much better in 2020 and worse since 2021 than we thought.

The President commits a Kinsley gaffe.

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

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

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

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

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

More brutality from an ostensible US ally.

No casualties, American or otherwise, have been reported.

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

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.

Pundits like Thomas Friedman struggle with premature prognostication.

Addressing an analytical pet peeve (and, more importantly, correcting a mistake).

Deterring Russia is a matter of principle.

The first shoe has dropped.

The anti-vax-and-other-stuff protest is spreading to Europe.

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

There’s no keeping politics out of these Games.

The American way of war kills a lot of noncombatants.

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

Let’s not start celebrating just yet.

The silly season has commenced a mite early.

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

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

A roundup of reflection on a somber anniversary.