Outside the Beltway

A massive political miscalculation by Theresa May leads to an uncertain future in the United Kingdom.

Scotland’s First Minister is calling for another independence vote in the wake of the beginning of the Brexit process, but she’s unlikely to get it.

The personal, the political, and the Foundation are so intertwined as to be one enterprise.

A quick succession of events this morning means that Theresa May will become Britain’s Prime Minister far sooner than anticipated.

Given the consequences of a Brexit, one wonders why the referendum didn’t require more than just a simple majority to pass.

Is Scotland next?

By a narrow margin, British voters have chosen to send their nation, themselves, and indeed all of Europe into uncharted waters.

Voters in the United Kingdom are headed to the polls in a vote that will have widespread consequences.

With just over a week to go, the latest polling shows voters in the United Kingdom leaning toward leaving the European Union.

A journalistic legend has passed away just days after his retirement was officially announced.

The election of an anti-austerity government in Portugal is raising some concerns.

Legislators in Spain’s Catalonia region took a step toward independence, but Madrid apparently wants nothing to do with it.

It’s easy to see what Greece thinks it still needs Europe, it’s more of puzzle why Europe thinks it needs to hang on to Greece.

Thanks largely to a series of court decisions, same-sex marriage is effectively legal in all of Mexico.

The head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has resigned in the wake of criminal charges for covering up sexual abuse of children.

In a case that took seven months to decide, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Presidency’s broad authority in foreign affairs, and inserted itself just a little bit in the thorny politics of the Middle East.

A thirty-seven year long drought is over.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been charged criminally for its role in covering up sexual abuse of children by Priests.

Voters in Ireland have overwhelmingly approved a referendum legalizing same-sex marriage.

With the election behind him, David Cameron’s biggest problems may be yet to come.

After weeks of polls predicting a political stalemate or worse, British voters delivered a strong win for David Cameron and the Tories.

The political outlook in the United Kingdom is as uncertain as it has ever been.

Great Britain heads to the polls in less than a week, and it remains unclear just what’s going to happen.

A knowledgeable observer has a dim forecast.

The Supreme Court will decide if Congress can override American foreign policy when it comes to declaring who has dominion over Jerusalem.

Americans have long been lampooned for not speaking a second language. Now our cousins across the Pond are getting it, too.

The United Kingdom will stay united, but it may never be the same again.

It’s all over but the voting in Scotland.

If recent polling is to be believed, the bid for Scottish independence is going to go down in flames.

Scottish independence may be more likely than many think.

Contrary to the oft-repeated slogan, the United States has negotiated with terrorists before. And we will do it again.

The Budapest Memorandums pertain solely to nuclear attacks.

President Obama has appointed a lot of donor’s and supporters to plumb Ambassadorial slots. That’s not at all unusual.

Your latest Outrage Of The Day.

Does it matter if political leaders like each other on some personal level? Sometimes it does.

The US Senate wants to know why Apple and other big technology companies are paying so little into the US Treasury.

The French economy has drifted into recession for the second time in four years.