Outside the Beltway

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

They’re hitting civilian targets partly because they can’t hit military ones.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

How much blame did the 70-year constitutional monarch share?

President Biden had a meeting with some historians. The horrors.

Pop those tabs!

How rules shape the game.

The boring moderate beat the neo-Nazi with 58% of the vote.

The incumbent should win easily but turnout is low and the consequences dire.

The first round is currently being held.

The West continues to close Moscow off.

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

The only way to save our freedom is to destroy it.

Stories of note sans write-ups.

Yet another casualty of the Ukraine invasion.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

Pundits like Thomas Friedman struggle with premature prognostication.

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

News and commentary of note.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

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

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

Expert opinion on the standoff differs sharply.

Counting is not necessarily as straightforward as it may seem.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

The language is going to iel in a handcart.

Yet another COVID-19 strain has emerged.

A weird new narrative has emerged.

Doing nothing is still a choice, and the legitimacy crisis is here, like it or not.

American cheese will henceforth be known as liberté cheese. And not because of the metric system.

If it’s made in France, it’s “sparkling wine.”

Hungary is part of a broader global trend, but the real issue isn’t Hungary, it is the Americans who praise Hungary.

And so general discussion of vaccine passports and requirements in the US.

More reminders that the pandemic is not over.

A major first step to solving a longstanding global issue.

Mostly about how not to do it.

Increases in social benefits can increase freedom.

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

It’s time to up our protection game.

Granted, there are more than two. But from a political science/political history POV, these two stick out in my mind.

Reminders from a perusal of the news.

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

Trump basically confirmed all but one aspect of the Atlantic story.

Two new studies bring more questions than answers.

Some global comparisons.

The counting methodology is flawed and that’s assuming honest reporting.

Contrary to some expectations, Americans are logging three extra hours of work a day.

A progressive idea that could win conservative support.