Outside the Beltway

Crisis seems to be brewing all over the world, but the American people aren’t persuaded that it’s necessary for the United States to act.

Recent polls notwithstanding, Republicans and Democrats remain largely in lockstep when it comes to U.S. policy toward Israel.

The next phase of Israel’s attack on Hamas has begun.

An effort yesterday to bring about a cease fire in Gaza came to naught when Hamas rejected the proposal.

In a new survey, Americans cite politics and the news as the biggest sources of stress in their lives.

Trying to make sense of a very complicated issue.

Things look to be going from bad to worse in Gaza.

A piece at Foreign Policy provides a chance to give some thought to institutions.

The First World War played an intriguing role in the birth of the radical Islam we are dealing with today.

For some reason, President Obama wants to arm so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels.

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

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.

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

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

The search for more than 200 missing Nigerian schoolgirls is not going well, and part of the blame lies with the Nigerian government.

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

Open mouth, insert foot.

Not only does the headline-making rancher have unique views on the nature of both grazing fees and the federal government, he has some positively retro (to use a kind word) views on race.

Could economic chaos bring Egyptians back out into the streets?

Voter ID supporters are pointing to a report from the North Carolina Board of Elections as proof of ongoing Voter Fraud. But, while long on facts, the report has yet to reach any such conclusions.

Middle East peace talks are apparently in such bad shape that the U.S. is thinking of releasing Jonathan Pollard as an incentive to Israel.

Nora Caplan-Bricker contends that, “Mike Huckabee Could Be President—If Only He Wanted It.”

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.

The President’s sixth State Of The Union Address was fairly low-key.

After eight years in a coma, Ariel Sharon has passed away.

Dave Weigel has identified “The funniest part of Robert Gates’ very serious new memoir.”

The IDF has finally put a woman in command of a battalion. They’re decades behind American forces.

While I concur with the “intent, justice, legality, and morality” of the decision, I nonetheless oppose it.

Newly disclosed details about the US role in Colombia.

No previously published works have entered the US Public Domain since 1978. And none are scheduled to enter until 1923. So what are we missing?

The Fox News Channel created “War On Christmas” officially entered the absurd zone last week.

There are many choices in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program there are many choices, but some are better than others.

The opponents of the temporary deal reached in Geneva have been making some ridiculous historical analogies.

Some Members of Congress are talking about pushing a bill imposing new sanction on Iran despite the deal reached in Geneva yesterday.

We spend more per capita than any other country in the world and yet we are outperformed on a key metric, life expectancy, by a large number of countries

Small steps from both sides in the Iranian nuclear negotiations, but too early to say that we’ve reached a solution.

Thanks largely to France, this weekend’s efforts to reach an interim deal on Iran’s nuclear program fell apart.

Signs of some progress in the talks over Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

Was Arafat poisoned? A new report raises some questions, but answers none of them conclusively.

Relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia seem to have soured in recent years.

The U.S. sends a mostly weak signal to the Egyptian military.

President Obama spoke with Iranian President Rouhani today, the first such contact between the nations in 34 years.