Outside the Beltway

The competition is slowly ratcheting up.

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

Not only has the war changed, but so have the combatants.

The economy, it turns out, is complicated.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

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

The CPI has hit yet another four-decade high.

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

The pressure and expectations of a king, but with considerably less power.

Remarkably, he had contact information on there!

The Western alliance is getting stronger in the face of Russian aggression.

What happens if Ukraine can’t achieve complete victory?

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

A recurring genre about presidents.

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

The President continues his recent penchant for saying the quiet part out loud.

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

A diplomatic nightmare brewing since last week is now upon us.

Supply chain disruptions are contributing to crisis for 300 million people.

The bubble may have burst.

Another day, another disappointment for the party’s legislative agenda.

The Biden Administration is constantly bragging about its actions against Russia. Is that wise?

The face of Fox News is not the bow-tied buffoon from his “Crossfire” days.

A splendid idea but why stop there?

Are retired officers on defense boards presumed liars?

The Pope is indeed Catholic. The rest is up for debate.

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

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

We expect far more from the Oval Office than is reasonable.

Crises tend to be distracting.

The proxy war is working.

Many and small beats large and heavy. Finding beats flanking. Swarming beats surging.

A fascinating report from the WSJ.

Another morale booster for the good guys.

Whether deliberate or another ‘gaffe,’ he’s likely right.

Intellectuals are fleeing as Soviet-style censorship returns.

The polls do not bode well for Democrats.

The horrific tallies of Putin’s war of choice continue to mount.

The Defense Department shares the worst-kept secret about the war effort.

The West continues to close Moscow off.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

Western powers may be at odds with the people doing the fighting and dying.

World opinion has shifted even more against Russia. Will it matter?

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

Evidence of mass atrocities across Ukraine continues to mount.

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

Stories of note sans write-ups.

It’s okay to ask a war criminal for some political dirt on your opponent, right?

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

Bargaining continues amidst poisoning and mass killing.