Outside the Beltway

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

The Rogue Warrior is gone at 81.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

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

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

The collapse is not his doing. But he’s accountable for the poor planning.

A massive investment falls just short. This time.

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

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

A meaningless gesture that’s long overdue.

“If the conservative cause depends on the populist appeal of one personality, or on second-rate imitations, then we’re not going anywhere.”

The President has overturned decades of US foreign policy and alienated a NATO ally for, well, reasons.

Those expecting Bernie Sanders’ agenda are sorely disappointed.

The fecklessness of U.S. human rights policy in full display.

Some reflections

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

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

Biden’s America is a place and idea in which the trappings of empire or glory are ephemera in comparison with perennial human relationships—families; friendships; communities; schools; neighbors; partners.

Our enemies are getting more brazen and sophisticated in their cyber warfare.

The 46th President’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

The iconic actor best known as the original movie James Bond is dead at 90.

The iconoclastic journalist is out at the publication he founded.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

I couldn’t help myself.

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

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

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

The Administration has done nothing about intelligence reports of a grave escalation from Moscow.

Should public employee pensions be an asset in the administration’s foreign policy?

Dan Drezner makes an interesting comparison.

Is being ruled by the elderly a bad thing?

There’s nothing to see here, folks.

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

Notwithstanding Russia’s weak position vis a vis the west, It’s Putin who seems to be winning.

The truth is that many voters are paying attention to issues that have nothing to do with impeachment or simply ignoring politics altogether.

Russia has been barred from the 2020 and 2022 Olympics as well as other international sporting events due to widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Much like the President they obsequiously defend, Republicans have become useful idiots in Russia’s war on Western liberal democracy.

Further evidence that the Republican Party has turned into a cult of personalty built around Donald Trump.

The Republican Party is a cult with Donald Trump at the center and his ardent supporters are brainwashed cult members.

Thirty years ago today, history took off in a brand new direction.

President Trump has reportedly pledged to Chinese President Xi Jinping that the United States would not speak out against Chinese actions in Hong Kong.

A conservative columnist argues the legitimacy of our system is in question.

A Senate report alleges that the National Rifle Association allowed itself to become a Russian asset,

The time for sitting on the sidelines is over. Donald Trump cannot be allowed to get away with his usurpation of power, his disdain for the law, or his continued policies that have damaged the country.

Jacques Chirac, who served two terms as President of France and was a strong opponent of the Iraq War, has died.

Another day, another Trump temper tantrum.

President Trump wants to make a deal.