Outside the Beltway

We spend more per capita than any other country in the world and yet we are outperformed on a key metric, life expectancy, by a large number of countries

The same story yet again.

Ann Coulter: a blonder version of Pat Buchanan

Last night, the Atlantic Council honored Hillary Rodham Clinton, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, John S. Watson, Tony Bennett, and Juanes.

The Canal made a number of impressions.

The notion that guns prevent tyranny is based on fantasy and movies, not reality.

The negotiations continue.

There are factions of the American right that really need to understand this.

Our War On Drugs is having a disastrous impact on our neighbors to the south, and they’re starting to notice.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

There’s no evidence that Fast & Furious, whatever it was, was a conspiracy to lobby for tighter gun control laws.

America’s Drug War has caused more problems for Mexico than Fast & Furious ever will.

We, as Americans, tend to have a limited knowledge of the institutional variation that exists across democratic systems around the world.

“President Obama” is the answer to “one of these not like the others” in this world leaders photo taken during his Colombia visit.

Well, maybe a tiny one.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

Back in the late 90s, Newt wanted to execute marjiuana traffickers.

The FARC now has an opening for supreme commander.

After a lengthy wait, free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea have been approved by Congress.

He suggested the possibility of sending troops to Mexico to fight drug cartels.