Outside the Beltway

Many people seem to have a rather inappropriate view of their relationship to the President of the United States.

Newt Gingrich’s ideas about the role of the judiciary are very dangerous.

The Establishment opposition to the current frontrunner has little to do with his policy ideas.

Herman Cain’s promise to rely on “experts” should raise eyebrows everywhere.

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal sent a warning to his fellow Republicans. Too bad they probably won’t listen.

Elias Isquith proclaims my Atlantic essay “How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology” to be “a total disaster.”

You thought the birther insanity was over? Silly you.

Arnold Schwarzenegger predicts President Obama’s re-election. Historically, that’s the safe bet.

In his farewell speech on Friday, Rahm Emanuel said that the Obama Administration had faced tougher times than any previous President. That is a fundamentally absurd idea.

In the first entry in this series we looked at a basic question of democratic theory. In this one, we look at whether the EC ever worked as the Framers intended.