Outside the Beltway

Some info from the World Drug Report

In fact, yes: the demand for drugs does come largely from the US.

The American people aren’t panicking.

Arming the Syrian rebels may do nothing more than prolong a seemingly endless war, and pull the United States into a conflict it shouldn’t be involved in.

There’s simply no question that a person born abroad to a US citizen is a ‘natural-born Citizen.’

Is someone who’s only be a Senator for just over 100 days a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2016?

A new GOP would make it very difficult to get a good read on the state of the nation’s economy.

The FDA has modified it’s rules on the availability of a politically controversial form of birth control.

President Obama said today that he wants to move forward with closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay but there’s little he can do on his own.

A new poll shows that 62% of Americans oppose American military intervention in Syria’s civil war.

The rich are getting richer and more politically powerful.

New questions about the interrogation of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect.

Former Justice O’Connor seems to regret the fact that the Supreme Court got involved in the 2000 election. Her regrets are misplaced.

Several Senators who voted against the Manchin/Toomey background checks bill have suffered in the polls, but it’s unclear if that matters in the long run.

The possible presidential contender has an op-ed in a rather dubious outlet.

Are civil liberties once again at risk in the wake of the bombing attack in Boston?

John McCain is right that we shouldn’t send ground troops to Syria, but his idea for increased U.S. intervention in the country’s civil war is still too risky.

2012’s election represented a significant change in voting patterns in the United States. What’s unclear is if the change is a permanent one.

Once again, politics is dictating military policy.

Tom Brokaw has some good criticisms of what the White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner has turned into.

John McCain’s problems in 2008 went far beyond an economic crisis.