Outside the Beltway

Retired General Keith Alexander is hawking his services to banks at princely sums.

Stephanie Kwolek was looking for a way to improve tires. She invented a life-saving material.

As a legal matter, the new allegations against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker don’t amount to much. But, will they impact his bid for re-election.

While the world watches Ukraine, Central Asia could also be an area where Russia may seek to expand its territory.

Once again, Republicans are attacking someone for doing a job the Bill of Rights itself makes necessary and important.

Lawmakers and journalists don’t understand the civil service.

Some questions for the Republicans who would be President about the actions of the last Republican President.

New Hampshire Republicans still like Mitt Romney.

The Army is sending a strong message on sexual assault. It picked the wrong poster boy.

Once again, conservatives demonstrate how little they understand minority voters.

Justice delayed, but justice nonetheless.

The First Amendment protects government employees who testify truthfully.

The House leadership elections turned out about as expected, but we may be doing this all over again in five months.

GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy of California won the vote to replace Eric Cantor as the new GOP House Majority Leader. The question is who replaces McCarthy.

Congressional elections have become “nationalized” to a far greater extent than they have ever been.

Some thoughts on Amazon’s new smartphone: Fire

Brian Schweitzer has a reputation for saying things that most politicians wouldn’t, but that may be just what he needs to get attention if he runs in 2016.

Yet more adventures in bad records retention policy at the IRS.

A new Gallup poll finds widespread support for individual choice when it comes to end of life decisions.

According to some surveys, Americans are getting a lot more sleep than they think they are. Really?

There is no such thing as a consistent free market, limited government case in favor of restricting immigration, whether legal or illegal.

Recent events in Iraq have opened up old domestic political arguments in the United States.

The US Government has deemed the nickname of the capital’s NFL club racially offensive.

Did sending some of its workforce home without pay impact the work environment at the Defense Department? Duh.

More bad poll numbers for the President.

Too regularly engage in “bedtime procrastination,” creating a vicious cycle.

Not surprisingly, Bill Clinton is the most admired recent President according to a new poll, but his predecessor seems to be underrated.

If President Obama does decide to use military force in Iraq, he should be required to seek Congressional approval beforehand.

Next term, the Supreme Court will try to decide when online speech crosses the line and becomes a criminal threat.

Ahmed Abu Kattalah, the alleged ringleader of the September 2012 attack in Benghazi, has been arrested.

The Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling that public school graduations in churches are unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court, unsurprisingly, ruled that lying on a Federal form about a gun purchase is, in fact, a crime.

Those who tattoo celebrities want to be be paid when their tattoos appear in the media.

Iraq’s Prime Minister seems to be responding to the uprising in his country in a way guaranteed to make it worse.

Will ISIS be able to consolidate and hold the territory it’s taken in Iraq?

A hopeful First Amendment decision from the Supreme Court.

The IRS’s claim that it lost some unknown number of Lois Lerner’s emails doesn’t really add up.

A setback for supporters of Rand Paul in the Hawkeye State.

TNR makes the worst possible case for a proposition that’s almost certainly right.