Outside the Beltway

Joy of four returned safe is mixed with the reality of scores of dead Palestinians.

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

The release of a second set of figures has created a lot of hyperbole.

A Congressionally-mandated report finds “reasonable” evidence but acknowledges limitations.

Is Rafah the breaking point?

War crime does pay.

A two-level game where unconditional support has conditions.

Putin ignored warnings from US intelligence.

Damned if I know.

Netanyahu is defying the international community.

A bizarre call from the former Speaker.

World opinion and American opinion diverge significantly.

Article 99 meets Catch-22.

The laws of armed conflict aren’t designed for this war.

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

Outsiders seem to want the impossible.

Amid warnings of war crimes, no mercy is forthcoming.

The killing goes on.

A roundup of news and opinon.

A quick follow-up to a previous post.

Decades of innovation may be coming to fruition.

A natural disaster has compounded a man-made one.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

The President is getting hammered from all sides for stating the obvious.

Four dollars and change at the pump.
The cost of livin’s high and goin’ up.

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

What will Zelensky, Putin, and the West settle for?

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

Yet another grim milestone.

A scary if misleading factoid.

The number continues to rise.

The difference is politics, not reason.

What we know of the American servicemembers killed.

More reminders that the pandemic is not over.

The official global death toll hits another grim milestone.

More evidence that elite signals matter for mass behavior.

Our current forms of collective action on guns have failed us.

A way-too-early assessment of how it’s going.

The Lone Star State is celebrating its independence in a big way.

The death toll is staggering.

Deaths are on the rise.

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

A grim reminder.

Yet another grim milestone.

Reminders from a perusal of the news.

Yet another grim milestone.

Is Trump really an outlier?

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

The pandemic is having serious effects in the region, and they will persist for some time.