Outside the Beltway

Nicholas Katzenbach, a central figure in the civil rights fights of the 1960s, has died.

Joe Biden got a little braggadocious last night.

Another chapter in the annals of American Politicians as Royalty:

Attorney General Eric Holder offered a somewhat alarming defense of the Administration’s policy on targeted killings.

Another death row inmate. Another case of prosecutorial misconduct from the office of Harry Connick, Sr.

After almost a year of campaigning, it’s finally time for someone to cast a vote.

Not surprisingly, most of the Republican candidates for President aren’t too keen on reducing the excessive growth in Executive Branch power.

Understanding the state of the GOP field requires recognizing that President Obama is actually pretty moderate.

Is the Cain Train finally running out of steam?

A stark account of how American journalism has changed over the last half century.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the green beret as the official headgear of US Army Special Forces.

The most disturbing part of Saturday’s debate came when most of the GOP candidates endorsed torture.

Huntsman will gain little if any traction and none of the frontrunners really helped or hurt themselves.

Last night’s debate was about more than Rick Perry’s gaffe.

What’s the logic behind Iran’s alleged plot to commit terrorist attacks inside the United States?

The Justice Department claims to have disrupted a major Iranian-backed terrorist attack in the United States.

We’re learning more about the Obama Administration’s decision to kill Anwar al-Awlaki

Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.

Was it wrong for the NFL to schedule its opening Sunday on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks?

Killing’s our business and business is good.

On reflection, the nature of Marcus Bachmann’s influence over his wife is indeed a legitimate question in a political campaign.

The death toll in Norway’s deadliest day of terrorism is up to 91. The man behind it, 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik, is a frequent poster of anti-Muslim screeds on Christian fundamentalist websites.

What constitutes a true threat?

Thomas Ricks makes the case that JFK was the worst President of his century but his argument misses the mark.

Rush Limbaugh heaps praise on President Obama for the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Once again, President Obama has ignored Candidate Obama’s promises to reign in the Presidential powers assumed by George W. Bush.

In just over a decade, America has gone from a bipartisan consensus that torture and brutality are bad to a bipartisan consensus that they’re necessary.

Thomas Lowry fraudulently altered the date of an 1864 pardon from Abraham Lincoln to make it look like it was written on the date of his 1864 assassination.

The Beast has released its The 50 Most Loathsome Americans of 2010, which I gather is supposed to be amusing rather than taken seriously.

After five days of nonsense, President Obama’s address in Tucson last night struck exactly the right tone.

It was, perhaps, inevitable that someone would attempt to draw a comparison between Saturday’s shootings in Arizona and the Oklahoma City bombing, but the two events really don’t have anything in common.

Over the past two days, Sarah Palin has become the center of the media firestorm over the tragic shootings in Arizona, she doesn’t belong there.