Outside the Beltway

The Obama-Castro handshake at Mandela’s funeral has caused a bit of an uproar.

Conservatives have their own Kennedy myth to compete with the myth of Camelot.

Don’t blame Dallas, or 60s era Texas conservatism, for what happened in Dallas 50 years ago,

A late-night announcement that Gitmo detainees will get hearings raises more questions than it answers.

Some thoughts on the ongoing situation in Egypt.

Some really bad advice for the GOP.

Focusing on Edward Snowden is largely a waste of time.

Despite an extradition request from the United States, Edward Snowden left Hong Kong overnight on a flight to Moscow and parts unknown.

President Obama said today that he wants to move forward with closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay but there’s little he can do on his own.

A new report confirms that the United States did engage in torture in the wake of the September 11th attacks.

Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to 10 charges stemming from turning classified documents over to WikiLeaks.

Really, more evidence he should be ignored in general.

The office working to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba has been closed.

The negotiations continue.

Osama’s driver, who was convicted of only technical crimes, has had his conviction overturned on a technicality.

Slowly but surely, we’re giving up on Afghanistan.

The Obama campaign clearly does not want Americans to consider whether they are better off now than they were four years ago.

Mitt Romney has effectively rebooted his campaign by picking Paul Ryan, but he’s also handed the President a powerful weapon.

Eight of Cameroon’s 37 Olympians are “missing.”

The new Red Dawn promises to be even sillier than the first.

The US government has an odd and unproductive view on the concept of talks.