Outside the Beltway

An embarrassing photo demonstrates the perils of leading the free world.

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

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

They’re stealing our secrets and working to undermine our elections.

Remarkably, he had contact information on there!

The Western alliance is getting stronger in the face of Russian aggression.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

From the Cliché File.

Yet another study that confirms my pre-existing biases.

The President continues his recent penchant for saying the quiet part out loud.

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

The 45th President was a psychopath.

Some 60% of us, including 75% of our children, have been infected.

Crises tend to be distracting.

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

The West continues to close Moscow off.

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

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

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

Bargaining continues amidst poisoning and mass killing.

The service is taking a big risk but not without much discussion.

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

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

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

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

Do you believe in miracles?

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

Yet another casualty of the Ukraine invasion.

He’s tanned. He’s rested. Is he ready?

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.

Most people liked it more than I did.

Pundits like Thomas Friedman struggle with premature prognostication.

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

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

The first shoe has dropped.

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

Out of a sense of fairness, I gave a listen.

The Biden administration is close to repairing the damage Trump caused.

There’s no keeping politics out of these Games.

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

A day late and a dollar short.

Some pundits have high standards.

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

A necessary but likely irrelevant gesture.

A roundup of reflection on a somber anniversary.