Outside the Beltway

A startling statistic.

Political considerations overruled warnings from national security and health professionals.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

On Tucker last night, Patrick made an odd appeal (to be kind).

The university is welcoming students back to campus, even as classes are going online.

Why South Korea is so far ahead of us in fighting COVID-19.

“The Daily” on Covid-19 and Italy.

Young people acting selfishly is a fact of life.

Too many people still don’t understand the idea behind ‘flattening the curve.’ That includes our President.

Conferences, sporting events, and even school has been canceled to avoid spreading the pandemic.

Donald Trump is once again trying to deflect reality.

Having failed to form governments after two successive elections, Israel is headed for a third election inside of a year.

Questions linger after a shooting leaves three people and the shooter dead in an incident at one of the nation’s largest Naval facilities.

Republicans face a choice. Do they put their country first, or do they put their President first?

Donald Trump is now committing his crimes in public.

It’s not just Ukraine.

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

The latest Federal Reserve report on the economy shows Trump’s trade policies are having an increasingly negative impact.

One of America’s fist celebrity CEO’s has passed away at the age of 94.

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.

This time on Venezuela

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

Just a day before he is scheduled to arrive in the city for a State Visit, London’s Mayor is denouncing President Trump.

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

Herman Wouk, best known for works such as The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance, has died at the age of 103.

Surprising pollsters and political analysts down under, Australia’s ruling center-right coalition pulled off a big win in Saturday’s election.

This is my shocked face.

Some context for ongoing discussions.

Free expression sometimes enables horrible crimes. How does a free society deal with that tension?

Cardinal George Pell, the top Catholic Cleric in Australia, has been convicted of sexually abusing boys in the 1990s.

For now,former President Obama is staying on the sidelines in the race for the Democratic nomination.

A filing in an unrelated case has apparently revealed the existence of a sealed indictment against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

One hundred years after the end of World War One, the forces that led to it are waking up from a long slumber.

Angela Merkel announced yesterday that she would step aside as Chancellor at the end of her current term. What that means for the short and long term future of Germany and Europe is unclear.

Measles cases are on the rise in Europe due to the fact that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, people still believe the lies of the anti-vaccination movement.

California Republican Duncan Hunter Jr, who was an early backer of President Trump’s campaign, has been indicted on charges he used massive amounts of campaign funds to pay for personal expenses.

The right-wing government in Warsaw has purged more than one-third of the members of the Polish Supreme Court in a crackdown on political opponents.

Trump spent much of Tuesday praising a dictator who has murdered and imprisoned millions of people. Then he returned to attacking the democratically elected leader of one of our closest allies.

Hurricane Trump hit the G-7 this weekend, and the damage it left behind will take years to clean up.

Former Trump Campaign Director Paul Manafort has been hit with a new round of charges.

Anthony Bourdain was a renowned chef, writer, television host, and storyteller. He also suffered from demons that ultimately caught up with him.

As he headed to the G-7 Summit, President Trump threw our ostensible allies another curve.

The actions of the Trump administration are helping Russian-EU relations (to the detriment of the US).

The arguments in favor of a permanent U.S./NATO base in Poland are not very convincing.

May’s jobs report was stronger than the previous two months, but not entirely great.

Poland makes the U.S. and NATO an offer they might want to consider refusing.

The number of Americans professing no religious affiliation is on the rise. This will have some interesting cultural and political implications.

Seven years after deactivation, the U.S. Second Fleet will be patrolling the North Atlantic again.

Joe Arpaio is saying he might reopen his “investigation” into former President Obama’s birthplace if he’s elected Senator.