Outside the Beltway

Stuck in the semi-public stage.

Even getting shot, he can’t pretend to be a unifying force for long.

Trump’s second term would be much worse than his first.

Efforts to oust him from the race have picked up steam.

Caution about making too many assumptions.

Doubling down on the MAGA.

Did Trump’s stoic reaction win him the election?

History rhymes in uncanny ways

We don’t know much but the early details are all too familiar.

And some reminders from where the violent rhetoric emanates.

A shocking if perhaps unsurprising development.

Voters in Mexico, India, and South Africa are making their voices heard.

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

It’s been around for a very long time.

It’s no longer just a Third World problem.

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

Another escalation in the longstanding “shadow war.”

A disturbing report.

What comes next is anyone’s guess.

An increasingly undemocratic regional power is a necessary but unreliable partner.

Generations of young Americans weren’t alive or have no real memory of the event.

The parties do not control their labels.

Corruption charges against the former premier have sparked rioting.

Politics and justice are in tension.

My (apparently) annual reflections on “The content of their character” day

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

I don’t think that means what he thinks it means.

A welcome development in a long and bloody war.

The corrupt leader is back for a sixth term.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister was killed at a campaign rally. He was 67.

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

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

U.S. taxpayers have been spending $2 million a month for his protection.

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

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

Two stories about our culture’s focus on punishment

A roundup of reflection on a somber anniversary.

Shockingly, they’re not remotely equivalent.

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

The first modern stand-up comedian has died at 94.

The 16th time may be the charm for Robert Kennedy’s killer.

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

It is really so hard to understand that you don’t go on vacation during a massive disaster?

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.