Outside the Beltway

ISIS apparently now has a foothold in Libya, and is making inroads in Yemen.

Reflecting a growing national trend away from the barbarity of capital punishment, the Governor of Pennsylvania has imposed a moratorium on executions in the Keystone State.

Yet another attack on religious freedom in Europe.

Lest there be any doubt, Barbara Bush wouldn’t mind a third POTUS in the family.

Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown (D) will become the first openly bisexual governor in U.S. history when Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) resigns Wednesday

The Kentucky Senator and medical doctor claims an undergraduate degree he doesn’t have.

Winds gusting to 55 mph took the power out last night around 730 pm and it cycled off and on throughout the night.

One of the pioneers of the Internet warns that we’re in danger of losing entire generations’ worth of history because of digitization.

Daniel Larison is far less ambivalent about our war on ISIL than me.

Explaining my ambivalence around the latest escalation in our intervention.

Justice Ginsburg acknowledges the fact that, over the past nineteen years, same-sex marriage has gone from something that most Americans oppose to something that most Americans are willing to accept.

The last of my four pieces analyzing the revised National Security Strategy has posted at RealClearDefense.

A cease fire deal in Ukraine, but a long term settlement will require compromises from both Moscow and Kiev.

Most in the international relations community are not amused by the president’s National Security Strategy.

President Obama will ask Congress to authorize a war he started six months ago.

My latest for War on The Rocks, “IS OBAMA REAL(IST) CONFUSED?”

Jon Stewart is stepping down as the host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” after sixteen years.

By refusing to stay the legalization of same-sex marriage in Alabama, the Supreme Court has sent the strongest signal yet that it is ready to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

Another commentary on the National Security Strategy, this one at The Hill.

The first installment of my analysis of the National Security Strategy.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is apparently realizing that speaking to Congress may not be a good idea after all.

In the end, there is no difference between Roy Moore resisting a Federal Court Order related to same-sex marriage and George Wallace’s efforts to block desegregation.

Can a country entry reap the benefits of the connected age while successfully tying down the Internet?

The same-sex marriage battle is on in Alabama

(Plus an amusing video).

I don’t Think that Means What you Think it Means (Huckabee Edition)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu’s speech to Congress is becoming even more partisan, much to the apparent chagrin of the Israelis.

The January Jobs Report showed that the trend of strong jobs growth we saw in 2014 appears to be continuing into the new year.

Pressure is building on the Administration to send military aid to Ukraine, but it would be a very bad idea.

Roy Moore is at it again.

Some Congressional Democrats are considering skipping a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a Joint Session Of Congress.

The House voted to repeal the PPACA for the 56th time, but it’s clear that this vote will end up being a pointless as all the others.

The debate over whether kids need to be vaccinated against communicable diseases baffles me.

Scott Walker surged to the top of a new poll of Iowa Republicans, but Iowa is not a very good predictor of success in the race for the GOP nomination.

Opening crawl of 1977 version

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!]