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Saturday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
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A Photo for Friday (8/14): “Summer Rain”
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Five Years of Taliban Rule: Afghan Women's Rights Eroded
23+ hour, 59+ min ago (698+ words) A humanitarian disaster five years after the U.S. exit. NYT (“Afghan Women Erased From Public Life in Five Years of Taliban Rule“): The Taliban regained control of Afghanistan five years ago this week, returning to power after two decades and restoring…...
Friday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
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CAPTCHA Tweak – Outside the Beltway
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (41+ words) Let me know, preferably via email, if there are still issues. Easy peasy, didn’t present a captcha. Thanks for your efforts. I saw I had to log back in and it didn’t present a CAPTCHA Subscribe for a daily post…...
River Talk: Who Needs Water, Anyway?
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (485+ words) Before getting back to American politics and the democratic discourse, let’s ponder climate change. Partially, the following is just me catching up on some news relevant to my recent travels. And partially, we can file the following under such headings…...
Your Long National Blogging Nightmare is Over
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (225+ words) I’m back from being on the road (and rivers). In case anyone was wondering, I have been largely absent from the site (perhaps to the relief of some!) due to a two-week trip to Europe (a river cruise on the…...
Thursday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
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Wednesday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
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Trump's Secret Flight from Turkey: A National Security Decoy
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (940+ words) An elaborate ruse fooled the press corps and left them as a decoy. WaPo (“Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat“): An Iranian assassination threat against President Donald Trump prompted an extraordinary operation last month…...