Outside the Beltway

The Pentagon Papers guy laments that there are too few like him.

The trailblazing Congresswoman is gone at 82.

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

The US armed forces are looking for a few more good men and women.

The Nation is unusually divided and melancholy on its birthday.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

Has a franchise that’s always been political gone too far?

The proxy war is working.

They have lost at least seven.

When life doesn’t imitate art.

The Rogue Warrior is gone at 81.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

Two controversial monuments are gone.

Violence, masculinity, and American politics.

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

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

The actor best known for his role as Lou Grant has died at 91.

A legendary journalist is gone.

The cost of raising a university’s profile.

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

Another narrowly-crafted but overwhelming opinion from the Supreme Court.

Federal police officers continue to be immune from lawsuits.

Stoking a bizarre fantasy that will not die.

President Biden told a little fib.

Social media makes the line much harder to draw.

The Toddler-in-Chief strikes again.

The actor best known for his roles as Jackie Robinson and Black Panther has been lost to cancer.

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

Are those who die in our wars more deserving than those who die in our stores?

Yet another grim milestone.

Another grim milestone

Another grim milestone. It won’t be the last.

Things are not looking good.

He was the king of crossover hits long before Garth Brooks.

A new report details the extent to which the eighteen-year Afghanistan War has been marked by mistakes, and lies by the government to cover-up the fact that we went to war without a clear understanding of what we were doing.

Given the times we live in, you may be tempted to argue about politics tomorrow. Here’s my advice — don’t do it.

Against the advice of his top military advisers, President Trump has cleared three American soldiers of war crimes, sending a horrible signal to the world and to the troops in the field.

President Trump’s sudden decision to withdraw troops from Syria isn’t receiving much public support.

A conservative columnist argues the legitimacy of our system is in question.

Obvious advice is obvious.

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.

A Federal Judge in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the DNC alleging a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.

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.

Everything you always wanted in a hearing. And less.

Robert Mueller didn’t provide a smoking gun yesterday, but the President and his supporters are wrong to claim that the hearing vindicated the President.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?