Outside the Beltway

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in an interview that he considered raising Muslim self-esteem about their contributions to science one of the goals of his agency.

We need to ask ourselves some tough questions on Afghanistan.

Two widely-hyped reports have Wall Street firms donating less money to Democrats as payback for financial reform efforts. But a closer look reveals no such thing.

More Politics 101 for Rand Paul.

It turns out that Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi isn’t dying after all, at least not any faster than any other human being.

No, the founding fathers of the United States were not “very afraid of a central government.” Indeed, such an assertion makes no sense.

Bill Kristol’s hero of the Revolutionary Era is Alexander Hamilton. Who is yours?

A lot of Americans don’t know that the US gained its independence from Great Britain. How can this be? Is it a liberal conspiracy?

One year ago today, Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska after only 2 1/2 years in office.

It’s going to be much harder for reporters to get access to the military thanks to new rules announced last night by the Pentagon.

Once again, the knives are out for Michael Steele after his recent Afghanistan gaffe.

Another depressing poll demonstrating American historical ignorance.

Thomas Jefferson took great pains to hide the word he originally used for “citizens” in the Declaration of Independence.

Some cops apparently still haven’t figured out that it’s legal to take pictures in public places — even of cops.

Sarah Palin is among a group of Republicans concerned that the Tea Party movement’s fiscal conservatism could pose a danger to defense spending.

The latest poll trends have pollster Charlie Cook thinking that the Democrats could be in for a very bad trouncing on Election Day.

Age-adjusted unemployment is at its worst in more than a quarter century

There are a whole lot of reasons to be concerned about the economy.

The Chairman of the RNC is expressing doubts about America’s war effort in Afghanistan.

NATO should resist preemptively declaring cyber attacks “an attack on all” members under Article 5.

Not surprisingly, American’s partisan views on the Supreme Court are pretty much wrong.

So much for the Obama Administration’s “Summer of Recovery.”

The health care reform law faced it’s first legal test in a Courtroom in Virginia yesterday.

Political science journals, particularly those which exist to provide scholarly insights into matters of public policy, ought to be freely available online.

A few long-awaited tweaks to the site design are now in place.

A survey of historians ranks Obama as the 15th best president ever, ahead of Ronald Reagan and behind Bill Clinton.

If people feel the need to evoke Reagan, it would be nice if they would evoke the real one, rather than an alt reality version.

South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham sees the beginning of the end of the Tea Parties, and he’s probably right.

Lindsey Graham ain’t gay, dang it.

America’s energy habit is getting people killed! What should we do about it?

Not surprisingly, Elena Kagan finished her testimony without giving any real ammunition to the Republicans.

The Democratic Senate primary in Arkansas may have been influenced by questionable poll results from Research 2000.

Did the American media cover up torture by the Bush Administration?