Outside the Beltway

Is ISIS about to make the situation in the Levant even worse?

When it comes to Iraq, the media only seems to be giving Americans one side of the story.

My latest for The National Interest, “Neoconservatives, the Iraq Debate and Ad Hominem Attacks,” has posted.

The evidence is clear. When it comes to the ability to handle foreign crises, the President has lost the public’s confidence.

The Kentucky Senator and former Vice-President are at the front of a battle that will unfold inside the GOP as we head toward 2016.

My latest for The Hill, “Why all VA executives are above average,” has posted.

Some questions for the Republicans who would be President about the actions of the last Republican President.

Recent events in Iraq have opened up old domestic political arguments in the United States.

More bad poll numbers for the President.

Not surprisingly, Bill Clinton is the most admired recent President according to a new poll, but his predecessor seems to be underrated.

If President Obama does decide to use military force in Iraq, he should be required to seek Congressional approval beforehand.

Iraq’s Prime Minister seems to be responding to the uprising in his country in a way guaranteed to make it worse.

Will ISIS be able to consolidate and hold the territory it’s taken in Iraq?

Some bad news for the President.

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

There aren’t nearly as many “meta” lessons in Eric Cantor’s loss as pundits have been claiming.

It’s sure beginning to look like a civil war in Iraq, albeit a rather one sided one at the moment.

The Iraqi government seems to be panicking.

Things only seem to be getting worse in Iraq.

For the fourth time in 30 years, an American President spoke at Normandy to honor a day of sacrifice and triumph.

There’s little evidence for the conservative contention that the President has damaged America’s position in the world.

Yet another autiobiography invites public discussion about her accomplishments.

Different name, same result in Egypt.

Eric Shinseki resigned as Secretary of Veterans Affairs this morning, to the surprise of absolutely nobody.

The President’s second speech to the Corps of Cadets is a vast improvement over the first.

Once again, President Obama’s attempt to communicate a foreign policy vision falls short.

It seems unlikely that Eric Shinseki will have a job for much longer.

The latest chapter in an all too familiar story.

An imperfect timetable, but better than nothing.

Today’s foreign-policy disputes rarely consider the way America’s response to one crisis might affect another.

A prairie populist challenger for Hillary Clinton?

There’s plenty of blame to go around.

People are still going to jail for being unable to pay their fines. And often billed for the priviledge.

James Oliphant asks, “Why Hasn’t the GOP Treated Fort Hood Like Benghazi?”

Hubris.

Shutting down rational debate one meme at a time.

Congressman Walter Jones beat back a primary challenge from a former Bush aide who attacked him over his foreign policy views.