Outside the Beltway

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

The Anthony Weiner reveals once again the odd American obsession with the intersection of sex and politics.

While President Obama has had some amusing gaffes on his trip to London, including getting the year wrong in the guest book and an awkward toast to the Queen, his speech to Parliament today hit all the right notes.

Comparing Obama to Carter on foreign policy (especially in terms of electoral politics) doesn’t make sense.

President Obama doubled down in his speech before this year’s AIPAC conference. Why he did so only he understands.

Once again, an American President thinks he can bring peace to the Middle East.

President Obama’s approval numbers shot up after Osama bin Laden was killed two weeks ago. They’ve already settled back to where they were

Matt Eckel’s takeaway from my Atlantic piece on How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology is that we need a peer competitor.

The 60 day deadline for Presidential discretion under the War Powers Act will expire next week. Congress won’t do anything about it.

Sunday’s announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden was the latest example of how Twitter has become the go-to source for “Breaking News.”

Events in Syria, and the world’s response to them, are revealing the moral bankruptcy of the justification for the war in Libya.

President Obama’s signing statement on the allocation of funds to Presidential “czars” sets a potentially dangerous Constitutional precedent.

Defense Secretary Gates hinted this week that the U.S. would stay in Iraq if the Iraqis wanted. It doesn’t seem like they do.

President Obama says he acted in Libya to avert an imminent genocide, but there’s no evidence that any such thing was about to occur.

President Obama has pledged no slaughter and no ground troops for Libya. He may well be forced to pick one.

The “Obama Doctrine,” such as it is, seems to boil down to moral self-certainty combined with a glaring ignorance of reality. That’s a dangerous combination.

Amnesty International is drawing attention to capital punishment in the United States, with bad math and a credulous media on its side.

Former Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton Warren Christopher has died

So much for not getting invaded…

There are many opportunities to go to war. Here’s a guide for choosing between them.

Warren Christopher, Bill Clinton’s first Secretary of State, has died at 85.

Who wants that job? (And is willing to work that hard to get it?)

Iran doesn’t like the logo for the London Olympics and is threatening to boycott if it isn’t changed.

Muammar Gadaffi’s family hired big name entertainers for parties. What with the ongoing mayhem in Libya, that’s coming under scrutiny.

The uprisings in the Arab world have led some to suggest that the Middle East isn’t “ready” to be free. They’re wrong.

Is Saudi Arabia the next domino to fall in the Middle East? The Royal family is hoping that money will be enough to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Ronald Reagan would have turned 100 today. Here are some thoughts on his legacy.

If Mubarak is driven from power, will that make Egypt a case of “revolution”?