Outside the Beltway

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.

Newt Gingrich, Republican frontrunner. Four words most people never thought they’d see together.

We’re running out of excuses.

The former pizza executive is a smart guy. But he’s not fit to run the country.

My latest for The Atlantic: “Some Reasons Not to Worry About Republican Foreign Policy Craziness”

Public opinion on the Occupy movement has turned increasingly sour.

Apparently, we should be more like China. Or something.

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

From across the pond, an observation that the way we pick Presidents isn’t really that bad after all.

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

Jon Huntsman’s campaign has never really gotten off the ground. Will conservatives start taking him more seriously?

The Republican candidates for President have been mostly silent about foreign policy issues. That changes starting tonight.

Last night, most of the leading Republican candidates for President acted as if Europe was on another planet.

Herman Cain’s promise to rely on “experts” should raise eyebrows everywhere.

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

Everyone’s talking about jobs again. And it’s not a pretty picture.

Herman Cain’s foreign policy consists of little more than deliberate ignorance.

Like his tax plan, Herman Cain’s immigration plan is not serious.

Protests at least loosely affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement were conducted around the globe yesterday.

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

The key to my understanding of Mitt Romney’s foreign policy rollout is the assumption “this is fundamentally a campaign document rather than a governing platform.”

American has real economic and social problems. But the solution in on Capitol Hill, not Wall Street.

It’s time to start being concerned about Europe.

Are the worries about China overtaking the United States realistic?