Outside the Beltway

The trailblazing television interviewer is gone at 93.

The Biden Administration wants clean energy but only for some.

A 34-year CIA officer’s thoughts.

Sports fans enjoy watching sports. How much does politics impact that?

Waaaay too little, waaay too late.

An unsavory practice that’s mostly legal.

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

The competition is slowly ratcheting up.

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

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

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

So, what now?

The laying out of the case begins.

The 45th President was a psychopath.

The longest-serving Republican Senator has died at the age of 88.

The West continues to close Moscow off.

No casualties, American or otherwise, have been reported.

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

U.S. taxpayers have been spending $2 million a month for his protection.

Yet another casualty of the Ukraine invasion.

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

The first shoe has dropped.

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

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

Our ostensibly ally is working with our chief adversary against our interests.

A possible murder plot in Colombia embedded into a problematic multi-decade narrative.

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

The matter of Executive Privilege and former Presidents is settled law.

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

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

A follow-up to yesterday’s analysis.

The Islamic Republic is very close to being able to fuel a single weapon.

A blast from the past.

Because Afghanistan and Hurricane Ida weren’t enough for the Biden administration to deal with.

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

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

Fear of Chinese spies led to a bizarre and illegal operation within the Commerce Department.

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

Stories, links, and brief observations from the week that never grew into posts.

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

An exceptional choice that breaks the recent tradition of politicos in the post.

Thousands of centrifuges have been destroyed.

Four administrations and two decades later, it’s about to be over.

Iran’s top nuclear facility is offline again.

The author of “Lonesome Dove,” “Terms of Endearment,” and so many more great novels is gone at 84.

Those expecting Bernie Sanders’ agenda are sorely disappointed.

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

It’s easy if you try.

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

Some reflections