Outside the Beltway

An interesting statement from his National Security Advisor.

A fascinating report from the WSJ.

She is running to finish out Don Young’s term in Congress.

The service is taking a big risk but not without much discussion.

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

No casualties, American or otherwise, have been reported.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

Pundits like Thomas Friedman struggle with premature prognostication.

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

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

What if the “fake news” is really fake news?

How do we know when our government is telling us the truth?

A ginned up controversy regarding a border nature reserve has escalated.

Expert opinion on the standoff differs sharply.

Apparently, New York and Oregon are not the same place.

A necessary but likely irrelevant gesture.

A roundup of reflection on a somber anniversary.

A depressing magazine piece argues it is.

Journalism is terrible except when compared to the alternatives.

A conversation in two parts.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

The convicted criminal has taken his shenanigans to court.

Our brains are wired to seek approval but may not be equipped to handle our modern existence.

A follow-up to yesterday’s analysis.

A blast from the past.

The wonders of hindsight.

We may be out of Afghanistan but the ‘war on terror’ is likely to continue indefinitely.

Grandstanding in the midst of chaos is a bad look.

They’ve got a lot of gall blaming Biden for this mess.

A legendary journalist is gone.

The postmortems are well underway.

The President hit all the right notes.

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

He will challenge Greg Abbott for the GOP nomination.

For years, American troops fought a ‘forever war’ to delay the inevitable. It’s now coming.

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

A meaningless gesture that’s long overdue.

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

A serving officer was arrested for his part in events of 6 January

On fiscal policy and historical comparisons.

It’s undemocratic and we should get rid of it. But doing so isn’t a panacea.

Yes, it’s complicated, but it is also time to stop relying on cliches.

We tend to focus on the wrong qualities in our early assessments.

Those expecting Bernie Sanders’ agenda are sorely disappointed.

It’s easy if you try.

The reflections on the departed right-wing talk host continue.

Some reflections

President Biden told a little fib.