Outside the Beltway

A new poll suggests that Hillary Clinton’s record as Secretary of State doesn’t impress voters as much as she might hope.

Crisis seems to be brewing all over the world, but the American people aren’t persuaded that it’s necessary for the United States to act.

Later today, President Obama will sign an Executive Order barring Federal Contractors from discrimination based on sexual orientation. But that’s not even the most controversial part for some conservatives.

Recent polls notwithstanding, Republicans and Democrats remain largely in lockstep when it comes to U.S. policy toward Israel.

Another step closer to the Supreme Court.

Vladimir Putin has become immensely popular in Russia again, and its not hard to figure out why.

Yesterday’s events are likely to be a game changer, but how the game plays out depends largely on how Europe reacts.

The Texas Senator is threatening to block any bill dealing with the border crisis that doesn’t defund the relief President Obama granted to children of illegal immigrants last year.

If Hillary Clinton is going to have a serious challenge in 2016, the person who will do that has yet to emerge.

Basically, the answer is that nobody really thought there was much of a risk that a plane could be shot down.

Someone took down a Boeing 777 over Ukraine today.

The next phase of Israel’s attack on Hamas has begun.

Todd Akin continues to give Republicans headaches.

Another incident involving a Malaysia Airlines 777, but this one could be far more serious.

The most novel argument yet against capital punishment.

Health experts are saying we could basically eliminate AIDS, or at least bring it under control, in fifteen years if we do the right things.

Big news, and potentially a big merger, in the entertainment industry.

A lot of Republicans dislike the President enough to think that he should be removed from office, but will that make impeachment more likely to happen?

A Silicon Valley businessman says he has enough signatures to get it on the ballot, but the plan to break California up into six states is most assuredly going nowhere.

Why is the marriage ceremony the government’s concern?

It seems improbable, but the national landscape on same-sex marriage is changing so quickly that even the Republican Party may find itself changing faster than some might think.

Rather than being a bad thing, negative campaigning is an essential part of our political system.

An effort yesterday to bring about a cease fire in Gaza came to naught when Hamas rejected the proposal.

Rick Perry and Rand Paul are highlighting what looks to be a coming battle inside the GOP over foreign policy.

The English-speaking and Scandinavian countries are very different.

It appears that the GOP still has a problem communicating with women.

In a new survey, Americans cite politics and the news as the biggest sources of stress in their lives.

The various factions in Afghanistan have agreed, at least in principle, to alter the nation’s government as part of a deal to resolve election disputes.

Just some things to consider about Common Core standards.

My latest for The Hill, “America Comes to Soccer,” has posted.

A case pending in Federal Court in Washington, D.C. could pose new legal problems for the Affordable Care Act

My latest for The National Interest, “Europe’s Free Ride on the American-Defense Gravy Train,” has posted.

Jose Antonio Vargas was brought to the U.S. at the age of 12 and never left. Now, some are suggesting he should be deported as soon as possible.

Just in time for the midterms, Todd Akin is back to remind voters of the GOP’s problems with female voters.