Outside the Beltway

Should the pundit class look more like America?

Thanks apparently to the fact that it remained unwilling to get in line behind the Trumpidians, the conservative owner of The Weekly Standard has shut the magazine down.

The dean of conservative columnists argues that the Republican Congress must be taught a lesson.

A towering figure gone much too soon.

Political columnist and commentator Charles Krauthammer has weeks to live.

The president’s begrudging condemnation of evil didn’t last long.

If President Trump’s decision to fire James Comey was motivated by an effort to impact the Russia investigation, this week has only served to guarantee it will continue and expand.

Even if Donald Trump isn’t the Republican nominee in 2016, he could still end up causing real harm to the party’s chances of winning the White House and holding on to the Senate.

While conservatives have been generally as appalled as others with the news out of Staten Island, some of them are looking in the wrong place for blame.

Could the GOP offer a positive governing agenda if they controlled Congress?

Ed Klein says he has “Democrat sources” who Obama wants Warren to continue his mission to “transform America into a European-style democratic-socialist state.”

Trying to make some sense out of a week of outrage.

A new set of emails is reviving the old partisan arguments about the attack in Benghazi.

Hillary Clinton’s numbers aren’t at the incredibly high levels they used to be, but they were never going to stay that high anyway.

The opponents of the temporary deal reached in Geneva have been making some ridiculous historical analogies.

Will the GOP learn the right lessons from the just-concluded showdown? That remains to be seen.

The situation we currently find oursevles in is very much driven by structural issues.

My latest for The National Interest, “Obama Doctrine, Reagan Doctrine,” is out.

Many conservatives are living inside of a media bubble and they’ll continue to have problems until the consciously decide to break out of it.

Too little, too late?

President Obama didn’t blow the doors off the Time Warner Cable Arena last night, but he didn’t need to.

SpaceX’s Dragon has shown us what the future can look like.

The arrival of Discovery in Washington D.C. has led to another lament about “national greatness.”

The GOP is at a distinct disadvantage in the political fight over President Obama’s Recess Appointment of Richard Cordray to head the CFPB.

If there’s anyone out there, why haven’t we heard from them yet?

Thanks to their own ineptitude, House Republicans suffered a big defeat this week. They totally deserved it.

Rick Perry wants a no-fly zone in Syria to prevent ground forces from harming civilians.

Is it time to just admit that the good old days are over?

Rick Perry’s rise in the polls can be traced to factors that threaten both Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann

Charles Krauthammer claims we are in the midst of a great debate. I am not so sure.

While the Constitutionality of the War Powers Act is indeed dubious, the fact that it was passed over Nixon’s veto isn’t the reason.

My latest piece for The Atlantic, “Is the U.S.-European Relationship Really in Decline?” is posted.

A conspiracy theorist is never troubled by facts.

Charles Krauthammer called Donald Trump the “Al Sharpton” of the GOP presidential primary contest

Is Saudi Arabia the next domino to fall in the Middle East? The Royal family is hoping that money will be enough to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Internal memos reveal that Fox News spins the news in ways that favor conservative Republicans. Is that really news?

Are the American people finally waking up to the absurdity of TSA security theater? One can only hope they are.