Outside the Beltway

Has the legislative branch abdicated its responsibility in US foreign policy?

So what?

After weeks of giving every indication that he’s running for president yet again, Mitt Romney has announced that he’s not a candidate for 2016.

John McCain is not a fan of Code Pink.

Mitt Romney is set to make an announcement at 11 Eastern today. [UPDATE: He’s out!]

By inviting Prime Minister Netanyahu to address Congress, Republicans are damaging the U.S. relationship with Israel.

With no real opponents in the race for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton has no reason to rush getting into the race.

Andrew Sullivan has “decided to stop blogging in the near future.”

Conservatives finally seem to be waking up to the truth about Sarah Palin.

Get ready for another pointless House lawsuit against the President.

Reports indicate that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is likely to be charged with desertion for leaving his post in 2009, but he’s unlikely to serve time in prison.

Indiana Governor Mike Pence is supposed to be a champion of limited government. So why is he starting up a state run news agency?

The head of Blackberry thinks he can save his company by getting the government to force others to make content for Blackberry phones

Time the Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

For some reason, Republicans want to change filibuster rules even though it’s unclear that they’ll still hold the Senate after 2016.

The Itsy Bitsy Spider Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Advantage: Hillary.

A big change in an important nation in the most volatile part of the world.

The House was set to vote on a ban on abortion after 20 weeks that never would have become law today but they pulled the bill. Conservatives are annoyed, but it was smart politics in the long run.

Not surprisingly, the Federal investigation of the Michael Brown shooting is ending much like the state investigation did.

A new Patriots cheating scandal, or much ado about nothing?

The State Of The Union Address was more of the same, and the same will be true of Washington going forward.

There’s really no point in watching tonight’s speech.

While the issue of income inequality is quite real, Oxfam’s numbers are not.

Pope Francis continues his world tour and has issued a paradox from his private jet.

The Tea Party may be the most vocal wing of the GOP but most Republicans seems to favor candidates that aren’t quite so right wing.

Time the Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

The Humphrey The Camel Edition OTB Caption Contest is now over.

Mitt Romney certainly seems to be running for president again. And he’s now on at least his third reinvention.

The Republican National Committee is trying to bring some sanity to the Presidential debate process, but there’s no guarantee it can succeed.

ISIS owns more territory than it did when the US bombing campaign began.

The two decade long argument over same-sex marriage appears headed for its final legal showdown.

A victory for evil.

Pope Francis has earned a reputation as a liberal in comparison to recent predecessors but he’s no liberal.

Even with a House and Senate majority, the GOP is unlikely to get what it wants in its current immigration battle with the President.

My latest for The National Interest, “Obama’s Paris Blunder: Part of a Much Bigger Problem,” has posted.

A former Democratic state legislator in Virginia was re-elected last night despite the fact that he’s in jail.

Elizabeth Warren said once again that she’s not running for President, now or in the future. That’s not going to stop the efforts to draft her, though.

The price of oil is continuing to fall, but it won’t last forever.