Outside the Beltway

Preliminary thoughts from several columnists.

Deciphering the meaning of a vague slogan.

America is getting screwed by playing by the rules it created.

The pandemic forced the spread of useful technology.

One hundred years after the end of World War One, the forces that led to it are waking up from a long slumber.

The President is generating so much outrage on a daily basis that we’re missing important stories.

President Obama criticized Sony for backing down, and said that the U.S. would respond to North Korea’s cyber attack “at a place and time we choose,”

What the West does in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine is largely up to Europe, not the United States.

Iraq is falling apart for reasons that have nothing to do with President Obama or his policies.

Robert Kagan warns of “a changing world order.” But he’s grasping at rather thin straws.

Fareed Zakaria declares “America’s election process an international embarrassment.” He’s right.

Don’t hate the player, hate the game (more or less, anyway).

This charge is false, as 10 minutes’ work by the Washington Post would have shown.

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria looks to be caught in a bit of a plagiarism scandal.

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

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

Alan Simpson is imparting wisdom to his fellow Republicans. I doubt they will listen.

We’re literally choosing locking up drug offenders over investing in our children.