Outside the Beltway

James Oliphant asks, “Why Hasn’t the GOP Treated Fort Hood Like Benghazi?”

The scandal now surrounding David Petraeus should lead people to reassess his past record.

The OTB gang give their best guess at the outcome of the 2012 presidential contest.

A former Obama official says government should learn from business, but is private industry really more efficient?

Why isn’t the American middle class and working class angrier at the 1 percent?

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

Bernard Finel argues that those of us arguing against war in Iran are doing it wrong. He’s right.

A Democrat sees doom and gloom as far as the eye can see.

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson takes a look at the Tea Party movement and claims to find racism.

Is the public anger at Obama really just papered over racism?

While Americans concern themselves with domestic politics and mid-term elections, the situation in Pakistan seems to continue to get worse.

Pakistan yesterday blocked NATO’s primary supply line into Afghanistan in retaliation for an air strike that killed three Pakistani paramilitaries. Are the two countries truly allies?

Perhaps the biggest insight from Bob Woodward’s latest book is the sharpness of the split between the military and civilian leadership.

“I don’t condone leaking secrets. But nor do I condone a policy that can only work in secret.” – Bernard Finel

All great rock music was recorded by the time John Bonham died. Or was it?