Outside the Beltway

While I’ve expressed my dissatisfaction with the degree that CPAC has embraced the worst elements of the conservative movement in recent years, it does appear that there is a line.

The AFA strikes again.

Requiring a religious institution to comply with civilian laws is not a violation of religious liberty.

My latest for The Atlantic explains, “Why We Should Be Glad the Haditha Massacre Marine Got No Jail Time.”

One year later, Egypt’s revolution remains unfinished.

How far should the press go in challenging assertions by politicians?

Apparently, people who work for the government are surfing the World Wide Web.

Not surprisingly, the last man to lead the Soviet Union believes we’d be better off if it still existed.

In a blinding flash of the obvious, Gallup finds that “Christianity Remains Dominant Religion in the United States.”

After 3,193 days and more than 4,000 lives, the American war in Iraq is officially at an end.

A new set of proposed Constitutional Amendments reveals that many people still don’t understand what Citizens United was about.

Conservative groups are upset because a new reality show depicts Muslim-Americans as, well, normal Americans.

Newt Gingrich’s comments about Palestinian nationhood came up during last night’s debate.

Newt Gingrich’s foreign policy vision leaves much to be desired.

Just a reminder: Turkey is a NATO ally.

Grover Norquist isn’t conservative enough for WND.

Is Newt Gingrich on the verge of a rise in the polls?

An attack against Iran’s nuclear weapons research facility won’t be an easy thing.

Pastor Terry Jones, best known as the “Burn a Koran Day” instigator, is throwing his proverbial hat into the ring.

Two candidates face a test tonight.

Is Mitt Romney’s religion returning as an issue for Republican voters?

Is Herman Cain for real, or is this rise int he polls just another boomlet destined to fade away?

Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) took to the floor yesterday to lambaste Grover Norquist and his influence over the GOP.

When the FBI essentially creates a terrorist in order to arrest him, have we really accomplished anything?

Rezwan Ferdaus, an American Muslim, has been charged with a major terrorist plot against his country.

Another round of rumors is out claiming that Chris Christie is thinking about running for President.

Ten Muslim students were found guilty on misdemeanor conspiracy charges for their “plot” to shout down the Israeli ambassador during a speech at UC Irvine.

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

Some pundits on the right can’t seem to quit Chris Christie.

The U.S. War in Afghanistan sounds disturbingly similar to the Soviet one.

The FBI has been using some odd materials to train its counterterrorism agents.

The Obama campaign’s new “Attackwatch” site is the latest Outrage Of The Day