Outside the Beltway

UK 2024 edition.

The fine line between xenophobia and patriotism.

It’s a problematic concept.

The Western sphere widens.

A tragedy on multiple levels.

Another escalation in the longstanding “shadow war.”

New CDC guidelines acknowledge the political realities.

Ezra Klein makes a compelling case.

The sad joke continues.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

Trump betrayed his oath. That should disqualify him from office. That’s the whole point of section 3 of the 14th.

Outsiders seem to want the impossible.

Because I think it is really important.

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

A trip through comparative democratic reform.

Membership is stalled by more support is coming.

Our car culture is killing us.

The US intelligence community and Silicon Valley are warning of a major threat.

He’s turned Russia from a G-8 member to an international pariah.

The problem has intensified—and spread beyond Ukraine secrets.

We’re falling further behind for many reasons.

A study has found significant health benefits.

Many in the Global South see the war very differently than we in the West.

Some of these things are not like the other.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

A real example of American exceptionalism.

Some stories worth noting but not at great length.

Sports fans enjoy watching sports. How much does politics impact that?

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

They’re not sending their best people.

A former dissertation advisor and two Army War College professors are speaking out against the gubernatorial candidate.

He’s using a tool he denounced as cruel to deal with a humanitarian crisis.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

Alas, it’s unlikely to change the policies that enable them.

Supply chain disruptions are contributing to crisis for 300 million people.

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

A fascinating report from the WSJ.

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

The plans to replicate the chaos in the Great White North are not coming together.

It might feel good but it has zero impact on Putin.

NATO has stepped up in a pleasantly surprising way to resist the Ukraine invasion.

The first shoe has dropped.

The ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Animal House’ producer is gone at 75.

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

A protest against vaccine mandates is growing with a little help from our adversaries.

But only the original books, not the Disney adaptations.

Barbados provides an illustration of a frequently misunderstood concept.

Yet another COVID-19 strain has emerged.

A woman who declared “Civil War is coming” and “they have to kill me” has asked for and received leniency.