Outside the Beltway

Contrary to myth, the USA is still a major manufacturing power. But the factory has changed radically.

The backlash against the backlash is baffling.

Censorship or sound business practice?

Wait until you hear about Newt Gingrich’s new out of this world idea.

Conservatives seem to believe that Newt Gingrich can beat Barack Obama merely by debating him. They are delusional.

It’s not just low wages that have kept technology manufacturing jobs out of the United States.

The Obama Administration has halted, for the moment, a pipeline project that has become a political football.

Wikipedia’s English language site will be offline for 24 hours tomorrow to protest two controversial online piracy bills.

Once again, Ron Paul showed last night why he could never win the Republican nomination.

Huntsman’s tactics reinforced his fellow Republicans’ natural skepticism of his candidacy.

Not surprisingly, it’s the end of Huntsmania

Higher gas prices in the spring could have an impact on the economy, and the election.

A Washington Post fact check calls this “true but false.”

Michael Hastings has yet another credulous story attempting to smear the United States military.

A good night for Romney, a surprising showing for Ron Paul, and the first steps toward the end of the race for the Republican nomination.

When did serving your country become something political opponents attacked you for?

Ten hours later, the candidates seemed more combative than they had been the night before.

The former Utah governor will almost certainly never be the GOP nominee. But someone like him will be soon.

Jon Huntsman has gambled everything on New Hampshire. It probably won’t pay off.

Looking back at the Electoral College results of the modern era–and ahead to November.

President Obama’s Pentagon is planning for an unlikely war with China rather than the small wars America will inevitably fight.

Rick Santorum’s foreign policy positions are troubling in many respects.

To Republicans, even thinking about engaging in diplomacy is enough to accuse the President of appeasement.

Not surprisingly, the last man to lead the Soviet Union believes we’d be better off if it still existed.

Ron Paul has a provocative new ad out asking Americans to imagine Chinese or Russian troops occupying Texas in the way American troops occupied Iraq and are occupying Afghanistan.

How can we know what happens next in North Korea when we didn’t even know Kim Jong-il had died?

People who make a lot of money should whine less. But many of them are actually do create jobs.

Welcome technological change, or crony capitalism?

Big news from North Korea.

Protesters in the Chinese fishing village of Wukan are now in open revolt against the Chinese government. The government is laying siege to the town.

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

Yesterday’s encounter between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich was less than it could have been.

A list of international contingencies to worry about in the coming year. Handy as a stocking stuffer!

Newt Gingrich’s foreign policy vision leaves much to be desired.

Don’t believe the fear mongering about the coming decreases in the growth of defense spending.