Outside the Beltway

Left with a choice between their hawkish foreign policy and their supposed commitment to fiscal conservatives, Republicans will, without fail, spend the nation into debt.

Today’s convention activities will include the opening salvos of an attack on the President’s foreign policy. This strikes me as a mistake.

Economic growth is the key to fixing many of our problems. Unfortunately, we’re not likely to see the kind of growth we need any time soon.

An Atlantic story on veterans returning to college is both poignant and miscast.

Jeb Bush continues to speak the truth on the GOP’s position on immigration issues. Sadly, his fellow Republicans aren’t listening.

Mississippi is more conservative than Massachusetts is liberal.

A graph on public debt making the rounds is being used to misdirect rather than clarify.

A new book by one of the Navy SEALs involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden differs significantly from the official version put forward by the government.

I question the timing of the Republican Convention.

It’s official.

The political convention we know is a 19th Century relic. It’s time to modernize it and make it a lot shorter.

Security at the Republican Convention in Tampa looks more like a war zone than a political convention in a democratic republic.

A 44-year-old Montana man went into traffic dressed as Bigfoot. It did not end well.

Mitt Romney visited an Ohio coal mine to promote jobs in the industry, unwittingly showing why a job in the industry sucks.

Will an MRI of your brain someday be able to tell if you’re lying? And, if it can, should it be admissible in Court?

Mark Levin provides the latest example.

The Republican Party has apparently solved all of the nation’s real problems and decided it can waste time on nonsense.

Brookings Institute scholar William Galston says election night might end early this year even if the race remains tight.

Four idiot privates from Fort Stewart planned to take over the base, kill the president, and take over the government.

“To Be Announced” has a prime speaking slot late in the Thursday program.

Former US Senator Arlen Specter is reportedly hospitalized with “a serious illness.”

Mitt Romney’s forces won a rules change that will allow future nominees to have more say over their conventions. While this strikes me as a no-brainer, some conservative activists are up in arms.

As its convention begins, one has to wonder what has happened to the Republican Party.

As Isaac bears down on the Gulf Coast, will the Republican Convention be even further impacted?

Justin Strine spent part of the summer in jail for violent mayhem but doesn’t understand why he’s unfit to be an Army officer.

Unless something changes, Obama remains the odds-on favorite to win.

Jon Huntsman calls for an end to “unforced errors in immigration policy.”

Though still just a Tropical Storm, Isaac has the potential to be as dangerous as Hurricane Katrina.

The Romney Campaign is reportedly planning a more aggressive campaign against the President for the fall.