Outside the Beltway

The venerable youth organization has fallen on hard times.

A recurring source of friction in the OTB conversation.

Claims by the President and Defense Department about the Iranian response to the Soleimani raid were untrue.

In response to the American assassination of a top General, Iran has announced the end of yet more restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.

What lessons are there for the United States in general, and Democrats in particular, in last weeks British election?

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.

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the NATO alliance is suffering brain death due to President Trump’s neglect and lack of leadership.

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

Trying to nail down some basics about a very complicated situation.

An empty column with a seed of one good point buried in a bunch of nothing.

A little bit of this for a little bit of that.

Eighteen years after it started, the American public seems to be mostly ignoring the war in Afghanistan. But that isn’t an excuse for not bringing it to an end.

Another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is gone.

For Donald Trump, the Presidency has been nothing but a get richer quick scam.

Iowa Congressman Steve King finds himself low on campaign cash and with virtually no support from his party.

Once again, President Trump is doing Vladimir Putin’s bidding.

President Trump just tossed a hand grenade into the firestorm that American politics.

The Trump Administration and 2020 campaign are clearly worried about the state of the economy. They should be, because it could be the one thing that dooms his re-election chances.

On the Sunday shows today, one of the President’s top aides insisted that the Administration is seriously looking at the idea of buying Greenland even though it isn’t for sale.

A newly released report leaked from inside the British Government notes that a hard Brexit is likely to be a disaster for the British economy.

This timeline is just so weird.

Congressman Steve King has some rather unique views about human history.

President Trump’s nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence is quite simply not qualified for the position he has been nominated to.

Dan Coats is stepping down as Director of National Intelligence, and President Trump wants to replace him with an inexperienced, obsequious toady.

Tensions are increasing in the Persian Gulf thanks to a collection of actions by Iran, the United States, and United Kingdom.

Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail last night with another one of his red meat speeches. The analogies it causes one to draw are chilling to say the least.

How times have changed, and not for the better.

The Trump Era is raising doubts about many things, including America’s most important alliance.

Joe Biden delivered his first major foreign policy address of the campaign. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than what we have right now.

Recent video showing what appears to be uncontrolled shaking are raising health concerns about German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The victory of the U.S. Women’s team in the World Cup has renewed a long-standing argument over pay equity, but the issue is far more complicated than it seems.

Iran announced that it was exceeding another limitation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, upping the already tense situation in the Persian Gulf

Just over a year after the United States repudiated the JCPOA, Iran has surpassed a limit on uranium enrichment set by the JCPOA

Realistically, President Trump has very few options when it comes to dealing with Iran and its nuclear program.

Not content with taking a wrecking ball to America’s trans-Atlantic alliances, the President is attacking our trans-Pacific allies as well.

The latest in the wars against liberalism.

Evidence appears to clearly established that Russia used many of the same social media efforts it used in the United States in 2016 to interfere in the recent European Parliament elections.

A possible way forward?

The costs to the American economy of President Trump’s ill-advised trade war continue to add up.

As we head toward a potential crisis in the Persian Gulf, the consequences of the President’s lies are coming home to roost.

Tensions are increasing in the Persian Gulf as the Iran war hawks seem to be winning the battle for the President’s support.

This time on Venezuela

The State Department has barred American Embassies from flying the Pride Flag during Pride Month as has been the custom for several years.

The current economic recovery turns ten years old this month, but it can’t last forever.

Thirty years ago, when the veterans of D-Day were still relatively young and still largely with us, President Reagan delivered one of the finest speeches of his Presidency.

Seventy-five years ago today, American soldiers and our allies undertook an invasion that helped change the world.

While the drumbeat for impeachment of the President continues on the left, political reality suggests caution.

Having exhausted their word list and the competitors, the contest ended with octo-champs.

The transatlantic rejection of elite consensus that began with Brexit continues.

The cost of Trump’s trade policies are well beyond the cost of soy beans.