Outside the Beltway

Some bad news for the President.

Iraq is falling apart for reasons that have nothing to do with President Obama or his policies.

A new job for the Congressman recently filed by his own constituents?

Some Republicans apparently think the key to their future lies in the past.

All of a sudden, the IRS announced it doesn’t have communications records it once claimed it did have.

Twenty-five years after his seminal “End of History” article, Francis Fukuyama reflects on its legacy.

There’s really no better word for it than blackmail.

There aren’t nearly as many “meta” lessons in Eric Cantor’s loss as pundits have been claiming.

Wisconsin’s Republican Governor isn’t very eager to talk about same-sex marriage these days.

Should the police be able to track you without a warrant? One Federal Appeals Court says no.

Obsessing over what a politician believed in the past accomplishes nothing.

It’s sure beginning to look like a civil war in Iraq, albeit a rather one sided one at the moment.

Retired Marine lawyer Butch Bracknell and I tackle the subject for The Hill.

The left-right divide is worse than it has been in decades, and we’re paying the price.

The Iraqi government seems to be panicking.

My latest for War on the Rocks, “HAGEL: CLIMBING OUT FROM UNDER THE BUS,” has posted.

Get ready for a big GOP Leadership fight in the House.

She won’t admit it publicly, but Hillary Clinton didn’t really write her new book.

An unknown Tea Party candidate unexpectedly beat the House Leader in today’s GOP primary.

A landmark ruling out of California that could help propel a real debate on education reform.

Fears about convention goers taking advantage of Colorado’s marijuana laws could harm Denver’s chances of getting the GOP Convention.

Things only seem to be getting worse in Iraq.

Thanks largely to Administration mistakes, the Bergdahl deal is not going over well.

Apparently, things were tougher in Chappaqua, New York and on D.C.’s Embassy Row than we ever imagined.

Can we fix the VA at what government pays?

Does encouraging binge watching make sense for Netflix?

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.