Outside the Beltway

You think you’ve got it bad at work? Meet Trudy Nycole Anderson.

Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) took to the floor yesterday to lambaste Grover Norquist and his influence over the GOP.

In an interview, President Obama says that Americans are worse off than they were four years ago.

A major backer of Republican and Libertarian causes is under fire.

Better or worse?

We may have entered a new and dangerous phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

President Obama explained his position on the Palestinian statehood resolution today, but one wonders if anyone listened.

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

Yes, Barack Obama is running for a second term.

The U.S. War in Afghanistan sounds disturbingly similar to the Soviet one.

Foolishly, the Palestinians are going forward with their effort to get Palestinian statehood recognized by the United Nations.

NATO is still seen as essential by 62 percent of both EU and U.S. respondents, demonstrating that the transatlantic military bond is still, despite a rough decade, firmly entrenched in American and European views of the world.

A new poll shows that Americans are starting to look East.

The US ambassador to Afghanistan said so in a recent interview, and it’s a stunning statistic if true. But it’s probably not.

Oz provides an excuse for some comparative politics.

Four American soldiers are now on the ground in Libya. Reports have them wearing boots.

The short-lived national unity spawned by the attacks of a decade ago was re-kindled for a few hours as former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush joined with Vice President Joe Biden to honor Flight 93.

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

A mustachioed German has once again sent the world into panic. This time, it involves euros not tanks.

For a peace envoy, Blair has some nonpeaceful ideas.

If you haven’t experienced the joys of peddling around Germany with 15 of your closest friends while enjoying several liters of Munich’s finest, you’re too late.

Killing’s our business and business is good.

The Western fetish for turning cheap, efficient food into expensive, inefficient fuel is threatening the food supply–as is the European superstition against genetically modified foods.

Steve Clemons highlights former first lady Laura Bush’s continuing work in promoting education and international engagement.

Reports are coming out of Libya that paint the Libyan rebels in a very unkind light.