Outside the Beltway

America’s much touted international coalition against ISIS is, essentially a Coalition In Name Only.

Another day, another military escalation in the Middle East.

After an eleven hour day on Capitol Hill, it was Hillary Clinton 1 House Benghazi Committee 0.

In the wake of failure that could have been easily foreseen, the Obama Administration is ending a program to train so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels.

Yes, Ben Carson’s comments about the debt ceiling are silly, but it’s the fact that a lot of Republicans agree with him that’s dangerous.

The U.S. is set to ramp up its contribution to dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis, but there’s a lot more we can do.

Mitch McConnell spoke a truth that many conservatives are likely not going to want to accept.

China adds to its status as the honey badger of intellectual property law.

A little known Congressman from North Carolina has filed a motion to “remove” John Boehner from the Speakership.

If Jim Webb runs for President, he will be the only candidate in either party who is on record defending the Confederate Battle Flag. And he’s thinking of running as a Democrat.

Not surprisingly, the House Committee re-investigating the Benghazi attack seems more concerned with scoring political points than fact-finding.

Not surprisingly, the Select Committee established by House Republicans to investigate something that has already been investigated multiple times, will be in operation well into the Presidential Election season.

Conditioning an Iranian nuclear deal on recognition of Israel is foolish, unrealistic, and very bad diplomacy.

The Iranian nuclear accords are barely 24 hours old and some people have already made up their mind about them.

The intrepid foreign correspondent and editor Arnaud de Borchgrave has died, aged 88, of cancer.

A big change in an important nation in the most volatile part of the world.

For a year that started out with regaining long-lost territory in Ukraine, 2014 is not ending so well for Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Once again, some people are upset because retailers are opening on Thanksgiving Day, but that’s only because people are coming out to shop.

The latest ISIS video is horrible and barbaric but we should not take the bait they are offering before considering the consequences of our actions going forward.

Another example of the silliness of the “trade deficit” concept.

A Federal Judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by Tea Party groups over the IRS targeting scandal.

Corporal Jordan Spears died in a V-22 accident in operations against the Islamic State.

The war against ISIS continues to silently escalate, with little input from the people’s representatives in Congress.

As we head into a new conflict, perhaps we ought to give more thought to fiscal issues than the President is to overall strategy.

President Obama has opened a new front in his “war” against ISIS

Despite the President’s assurances of an international coalition, the rest of the world doesn’t seem all that interested in joining the fight.

If the President is going to increase American involvement in the Middle East, he needs to address some fundamental questions first.

As talk begins of expanding the war against ISIS into Syria, it is becoming long past time for Congress to exercise its Constitutional function.

President Obama doesn’t seem to have any idea what he wants to do in Iraq.

Wikipedia is refusing to recognize a photographer’s copyright claim because a monkey took the picture.

A glimmer of hope in Gaza is quickly snuffed out.

Thad Cochran has been officially certified as the winner of the Mississippi GOP Primary Runoff Election, but it’s not over yet.

The votes have been counted, the result is clear, but the battle between Senator Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel continues to get stranger by the day.

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

The House leadership elections turned out about as expected, but we may be doing this all over again in five months.

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

Get ready for a big GOP Leadership fight in the House.