Outside the Beltway

In the age of Trump, morality is optional for conservatives.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a bombastic speech on Iran yesterday that reveals just how empty and dangerous the Trump Administration’s policy toward Iran actually is.

The number of Americans professing no religious affiliation is on the rise. This will have some interesting cultural and political implications.

A writer at National Review is proposing a compromise on the issue of transgender rights. Needless to say, many conservatives aren’t very happy about it.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.

Billy Graham was the son of a North Carolina farmer who grew up to become a counselor to Presidents, Prime Ministers, and even a Queen.

Some conservatives appear to believe that this year’s Starbucks coffee cops are “promoting a gay agenda.”

Americans as a whole are becoming less religious and some people are panicking about it.

A sign of hope that Alabama voters could end up rejecting the far-right theocratic politics of Roy Moore? Possibly.

The battle over Confederate statues that was resurrected by the violence in Charlottesville is off the front pages, but that doesn’t mean it’s over quite yet.

Facts are stubborn things.

Republicans sure have changed their mind about Vladimir Putin.

Donald Trump’s admiration and praise for the dictatorial leader of Russia should be sufficient reason to disqualify him from being President of the United States.

Who knew Tim “The Toolman” Taylor was a columinist at NRO? (Will kids these days get that reference?).

The Greatest Of All Time.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been removed from office again.

The people who believe there is a ‘War On Christmas” tend to be the same ones who hold to the largely false idea that their religious beliefs are under assault due to a “culture war.”

A Colorado Republican Congressman has introduced a resolution meant to involve our nation’s representatives in the non-existent ‘War On Christmas.’

In the wake of the attacks in Paris, some people have argued that American solidarity with France, in contrast to seeming disregard for tragedy elsewhere, is something we should feel bad about. That argument is ridiculous.

Donald Trump’s latest tirade has led to another round of speculation as to whether or not he’s ‘gone too far’ and reached the beginning of the end of his campaign. Don’t count on it.

Ben Carson displays incoherence and ignorance on foreign policy issues that disqualify him from being considered a serious candidate for President of the United States.

Meet Ted Cruz: Religious Bigot

When did “politics” become a dirty word?

More bigotry in the campaign.

The reaction of many of the GOP candidates to the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges is about what you’d expect, but there are a few interesting surprises.

As Governor Haley pushes the South Carolina legislature to take the Confederate Flag down, the movement moves beyond the Palmetto State.

Marco Rubio seems to be in lockstep with the extreme social conservatives when it comes to same-sex marriage.

Despite a veto from the state’s Governor, today Nebraska became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Hopefully, others will follow.

Voters in Ireland have overwhelmingly approved a referendum legalizing same-sex marriage.

A new survey shows that Americans are becoming less Christian, and less religious overall.

Freedom of choice.

It would appear that someone needs to introduce the Air Force to Article VI of the Constitution.

Back to the Ten Commandments and Alabama politics.

The First World War played an intriguing role in the birth of the radical Islam we are dealing with today.

It is now illegal to teach creationism as science in the United Kingdom in any school, public or private, that receives public funding.

The very idea of a “war on religion” in the United States is absurd.

The Supreme Court has again ruled that prayers that open legislative sessions are not unconstitutional.

The line “don’t know much about history” comes to mind.

On Sunday, it’s the Day Of Four Popes.

Despite the mythos, 95% of Americans are either Christian or unaffiliated.

The bizarre conservative love affair with Vladimir Putin continues.

Vladimir Putin seems to be getting a lot of love from cultural conservatives in the United States.

“Reality” TV star says something dumb about gay people, gets suspended, usual pointless outrage ensues.

Some conservatives don’t seem too troubled by Vladimir Putin’s repression.

CNN is reviving the Crossfire shoutfest with Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter, and Van Jones as hosts.

Yes, it ended slavery. But at a huge cost.

The Iraq War did significant damage to the legacy of the Republican Party.