Outside the Beltway

A blast from the past.

Grandstanding in the midst of chaos is a bad look.

The President hit all the right notes.

Our last-ditch airstrikes only postpone the inevitable.

Democrats and Independents are losing their enthusiasm. But some perspective is needed.

A shameful exit from an ill-conceived war.

For years, American troops fought a ‘forever war’ to delay the inevitable. It’s now coming.

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

A meaningless gesture that’s long overdue.

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

We need what we aren’t going to get.

The country is in peril.

I think this underscores the problem with the 60-vote requirement.

Could this be the straw that broke the camel’s back?

A powerful symbol has been robbed of its significance.

Yes, it’s complicated, but it is also time to stop relying on cliches.

Four administrations and two decades later, it’s about to be over.

The downfall of Andrew Cuomo shines a light on toxic workplaces and governance styles.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

Debunking urban legends and Internet rumors is harder than it used to be.

The distance in accountability between the highest and the lowest must be shortened.

House Democrats have done what their Republican colleagues refused to do.

AOC v. MTG: one of these things is not like the other.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

The 45th President will go down in infamy, setting a record that’s unlikely to be broken.

The live coverage of Wednesday’s assault on American democracy underplayed its seriousness.

It’s easy to mismanage what we don’t have to see.

Meanwhile, a report states that a Trump admin official pushed infections to promote herd immunity.

A shadowy flight into the realm of evidence that does not exist.

Why isn’t Joe Biden President already?

A shameful farce continues to unfold.

The man behind the 1998 embassy attacks is dead.

They are standing by as ordered.

Is Trump really an outlier?

Pondering lack of US interest in our friends to the south.

There are different, and not equally good, reasons to talk about labels.

Shame on him for defending authoritarian actions.

Cops aren’t soldiers or spies but fellow citizens.

The trend line shifted this week.

As scary as the Cold War was, it did reduce the silliness in American politics.

The President has reportedly invoked the Insurrection Act.

Are those who die in our wars more deserving than those who die in our stores?

Yet another grim milestone.

A hero of the Afghan War has succumbed to cancer, aged 41.

A seemingly innocent black man has been killed, sparking a wave of outrage.

More Americans are out of work than at any time since the Great Depression.

And some notes on Trump’s media exposure.

Another grim milestone.

Another grim milestone