Outside the Beltway

Some Navy SEALs are weighing in on the brouhaha.

The biggest argument against Romney winning in November is the fact that there aren’t many ways for him to get to those pesky 270 Electoral Votes.

The economic tea leaves don’t look disastrous, but they don’t look all that great either.

We seldom blame presidents for bold actions that go wrong. We despise them for appearing weak and indecisive.

Once upon a time, Jimmy Carter was everyone’s favorite former president. Not so much these days, especially among other former presidents.

Is Mitt Romney the least experienced major-party presidential nominee since1940?

Joe Biden says we can’t afford a president who has to learn foreign policy on the job.

The Obama campaign’s cheap politicizing of the SEAL raid that took out bin Laden is unseemly. And unnecessary.

A disappointing beginning to 2012.

Does the Romney campaign know the USSR doesn’t exist anymore? Of course they do, but the language they use still means something.

The Solicitor General had another bad day in Court yesterday.

Should the United States Navy name a ship after martyred gay activist Harvey Milk? This is not a rhetorical question.

The attack appears to be based on long-standing animus and not revenge for Trayvon.

Welcome to today’s Outrage Of The Day

The Rule Of Law is incompatible with political rabble rousing

How about we recognize that we do have ongoing and serious racial tension in this country rather than ignoring the issue most of the time and only deploying it when the game of politics is being played?

Republicans should have listened to Mitch Daniels, because he was right.

Some thoughts on the voter registration/voter turnout debate.

Charlie Savage documents a major shift in Barack Obama’s philosophy of presidential authority.

Last week, an absurd campaign became even more absurd.

We should want more voters, not less, if we actually value representaitve democracy.

According to some historians, a President isn’t truly great unless he involves America in a bloody and destructive war.

The arrival of Discovery in Washington D.C. has led to another lament about “national greatness.”

John Edwards is a pathetic human being, but that doesn’t mean he’s necessarily a criminal.