Outside the Beltway

Mitt Romney’s statements about the planned early draw down in Afghanistan make no sense whatsoever.

A change in the law will radically increase retirement pay for generals and admirals.

Time to end a 41 year tradition?

The AFA strikes again.

Andrew Exum notes that most analysts who call for military intervention fail to specify the particulars.

Once again, the culture wars intrude into yet another area of life.

We need to have opinions on a subject as serious as war with Iran.

The January jobs report was the best we’ve seen in more than three years.

Everything the critics say about the decision is right–and so is the decision.

Not surprisingly, Republicans are trying to reverse the automatic cuts to defense spending agreed to in August.

Why is the Republican frontrunner pandering to a megalomanical showman?

Senator Mike Enzi wants to replace the Dollar Bill with a coin. As with past efforts, it’s a great idea that is unlikely to succeed.

Is the presumptive Republican nominee too handsome, too rich, and too pompous to win the hearts of ordinary Americans?

Newt may challenge the winner-take-all allocation of delegates.

Things aren’t all sunshine and roses for the Obama 2012 campaign.

Matthew Dowd asks: What happens in an election when two candidates who are each unelectable run against each other in the fall?

If Romney loses in November, it could be the start of a bitter fight insider the Republican Party.

In the 1980s, Americans were bowling alone. Now, we’re living that way.

The latest projections from Congressional Budget Office are sobering to say the least.

A story from September 2010 reminds us that rushing to judgment is never a good idea.

The DC government’s incompetence knows no bounds.

Mitt Romney stumbled a bit during his victory tour this morning.

Mitt Romney won big last night, Newt Gingrich was Newt Gingrich, and the race is coming to the beginning of the end.

Once again, the punditocracy is bemoaning the rise of so-called “negative campaigning.”

Stephen Colbert’s super PAC, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, has raised a little over a million dollars.

Employees of the US Federal Government earn substantially more in salary and benefits than their private sector comparables.

Voting has started in the biggest primary to date.