Outside the Beltway

Yet another sign that international intervention in Syria is most likely never going to happen.

When it comes to same-sex marriage, the right is fighting a losing battle.

China’s government may be more “efficient,” but it’s hardly a model for the rest of the world.

This is no way to pick a Presidential Nominee.

Foster Friess, Rick Santorum’s money guy, probably shouldn’t be his media guy.

The NYT has an interesting piece on the ongoing limted v. big governemnt debate.

The Obama Campaign is being criticized for agreeing to play the SuperPAC game like everyone else does.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had some advice on Constitution drafting for Egyptians

Once again, the punditocracy is bemoaning the rise of so-called “negative campaigning.”

American politics is as polarized as ever, and it shows no signs of changing regardless of who wins in November.

Sarah Palin isn’t running for President, and she hasn’t officially endorsed anyone, but that hasn’t stopped her from putting her thumb on the scale.

Have Americans divided themselves into what are becoming increasingly different cultures?

My latest for The Atlantic explains, “Why We Should Be Glad the Haditha Massacre Marine Got No Jail Time.”

One year later, Egypt’s revolution remains unfinished.

Why are all the candidates for president so awful?

We, as a country, need to remember that do not hold levers that allow us to move events this way or that

People who ought to know better are now concocting absurd scenarios to get around a really weak Republican presidential field.

This year’s Iowa Caucuses stand as Exhibit A for an argument against Iowa being first in the nation.

How far should the press go in challenging assertions by politicians?

A record number of Americans don’t consider themselves a member of either party.

The problem with Europe may not be the Euro, but the fact that there really aren’t any Europeans.

Rick Santorum’s good day in Iowa doesn’t change the truth about his campaign.

Rick Santorum’s foreign policy positions are troubling in many respects.

Since the adoption of the current rules for delegate allocations only twice has either party nominated someone who did not win either IA or NH.

For a guy who says he dislikes “activist judges,” Rick Perry sure wants a certain Federal Judge in Virginia to be an activist.

Has Iowa “blown its special claim as the first state” in the nomination process? No, it never had any special claim in the first place.

Several candidates did not submit a completed application on time to qualify for Virginia’s Republican primary ballot.

Ron Paul doesn’t want to talk about his newsletters now, but he was pretty talkative 15 years ago.

How can we know what happens next in North Korea when we didn’t even know Kim Jong-il had died?

Gingrich has some pretty radical ideas about separation of powers.

There is a fundamental problem with the feedback loop in American politics.

After 3,193 days and more than 4,000 lives, the American war in Iraq is officially at an end.

With Gingrich surging in the polls, the pundit class has gotten out the long knives.

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

Paul Krugman’s latest column, “Depression and Democracy,” is simply bizarre.

No, some mythical candidate will not swoop in and save the day for the Republican Party.

A revealing quote and some musing on Newt’s consistency.