Outside the Beltway

At some point, however, using the bad actions of the past to justify worse actions in the present has to stop.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

The Romney campaign went on television to address the Bain issue, but again they just seem to have muddied the water.

The Bush tax cuts were much more progressive than you probably think.

What does the US Constitution actually provide in terms of guidance for governance?

It’s never a good thing when an Administration is investigating itself.

Congress has found Eric Holder to be in contempt. I am not entirely sure what that accomplishes.

From one Nobel Peace Prize winner to another.

More evidence of the extent to which Members of Congress have profited from the inside information they receive.

Fast and furious, or a lot of sound and fury signifying not too much?

President Obama’s immigration policy shift is legal, it’s good policy, but bypassing Congress won’t solve our immigration problems.

If the Department of Justice does not fully comply with Congressional subpoenas, then there seems to be no alternative other than holding the Attorney General in contempt.

As of today, there are 75 vacant Federal Judgeships, including one that has been open for seven years.

The President’s Cabinet is less a Team Of Rivals and more a Team Of Managers.

The United States may have slowed down Iran’s nuclear program without firing a shot–not counting the one at our own foot.

The first shots have been fired in cyberspace. How will it end?

Is there a Romney Doctrine?

Obama has an advantage in what is likely to be one of the most important states in November’s election, but the race is far from over.

Does the Romney campaign know the USSR doesn’t exist anymore? Of course they do, but the language they use still means something.

Charlie Savage documents a major shift in Barack Obama’s philosophy of presidential authority.

Despite their rhetoric, there would be few differences between a Romney Administration and an Obama Administration when it comes to foreign policy.

The Republican National Committee throws the Fifth Amendment under the bus.

The Romney campaign is pushing back on the “Republican War on Women” meme with this infographic on “Women & The Obama Economy.”

The debt has increased at a faster rate in the past three years than in the previous eight, but assigning blame isn’t what matters.

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

A legal dispute exposes an open wound.

Romney eked out a win in the Michigan primary. He’s going to have a harder time there in November.

The GOP Establishment is in crisis, but it has nobody to blame but itself.

While I’ve expressed my dissatisfaction with the degree that CPAC has embraced the worst elements of the conservative movement in recent years, it does appear that there is a line.

David Frum begins a withering review for The Daily Beast, “Charles Murray’s Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 is an important book that will have large influence. It is unfortunately not a good book.”

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

Mitt Romney’s view of the ideal relationship between the United States and Israel is, at the very least. quite odd, and, potentially, dangerous.

The first shot in a Constitutional showdown has been fired.

Conservatives are rejecting Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek essay out of hand, but they ought to pay attention to what he’s saying.

Is George Bush to blame for a weak Republican field almost four years after he left office? Not entirely.

Rick Santorum’s views on the role of government are somewhat disturbing.

While the President’s recess appointments are bound to set off a political dispute with the Republicans, there does not appear to be a Constitution ban against them.