Outside the Beltway

Nancy Reagan was a crucial part what made Ronald Reagan the man he was, and today she passed away at the age of 94.

With time running out, the top three candidates for the Republican nomination picked up right where they left off last week.

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia has died at the age of 79.

After more than three decades, the men and women held hostage in Iran for 444 days will receive at least some compensation.

The first post-debate polls of the GOP race have more good news for Donald Trump.

President Obama’s executive action on immigration suffered another setback in court late yesterday.

Hillary’s leading potential Republican candidates, but so is Bernie! Rand Paul does better against Hillary than other Republicans! Those are the headlines you get from head-to-head match-up polls, but it’s all largely meaningless.

From now on, you’ll just have to read it for the articles.

In a speech in Florida, Joe Biden spoke about his possible run for the White House, and gave a very big hint that he’s leaning toward staying out of the race.

Low costs and regulatory barriers are attracting people to red states–thus turning them purple and blue.

Polling in three battleground states shows Hillary Clinton slightly trailing three top Republicans, but it means far less than you might think.

The events of the past two weeks could allow the Republican Party to move forward.

The president is getting flack for holding a private party at his house.

A thirty-seven year long drought is over.

Jeb Bush told a group of supporters that his brother is his top Middle East policy adviser. This strikes me as being a bad idea.

A series of mini-scandals point to the conflicts of interest around the Clintons.

Pressure is building on the Administration to send military aid to Ukraine, but it would be a very bad idea.

In the wake of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on C.I.A. torture, some have suggested that eight years of Jack Bauer helped make torture more acceptable to the American public.

The fate of Cuba policy in Congress is far from certain, but what is certain is that following through on President Obama’s historic and necessary changes will face resistance.

The GOP is dominant in the Southern United States, but it’s unlikely to last as long as Democratic dominance of the region did.

Good news for two released Americans, but no clue what’s motivating North Korea’s latest actions.

Could the GOP offer a positive governing agenda if they controlled Congress?

Newly released documents reveal that Henry Kissinger wanted to attack Cuba in the mid-1970s.

Everyone knows that Israel has had nuclear weapons for decades. Don’t tell anyone—it’s a secret.

Some have argued that there is an historical bias against political parties holding on to the White House for more than two terms. As with most commonly held ideas, that simply isn’t true.

A somewhat surprising win in Georgia.

Obama is the worst President since FDR died? Only if you believe a mostly worthless poll.

More bad poll numbers for the President.

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

The May Jobs Report was fairly good, and it marks the end of a jobs recession that started six years ago. But things aren’t entirely rosy.

A new poll indicates that Democratic candidates are holding their own against Republican challengers in three southern states.

An award for breaking a campaign promise.

In retrospect, and in comparison with other recent Presidents, George Herbert Walker Bush’s four years in office were pretty darn good.

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.

The most important leader to come out of Africa in the 20th Century, and perhaps in all of history, has died.

A better than expected jobs report in October, but one that comes with a few caveats.

Divided government is the worst political system ever, except for all the others.

The political polarization we saw during the Bush Presidency has continued throughout the Obama Presidency.

David C. Jones, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Carter and Reagan, has died.

Until this month, America was not truly a free country.

My latest for The National Interest, “Never Again, Except This Time,” has posted.