Outside the Beltway

Republicans reportedly have another plan to get what they want on Obamacare and other issues.

Starbucks is kindly asking customers not to bring guns to their stores.

The destruction of Syria’s stockpiles will be slow and laborious even if all goes according to script.

Even before the Russian curve ball, the public opposition to military strikes on Syria was mounting.

Opposing interventionism and unnecessary and unwise military engagements is not isolationism.

Why are chemical weapons a “red line” in a war where so many have been killed?

Given that the vote count seems to be heading that way, this is a question worth examination.

Prism ain’t got nothin’ on the Hemisphere Project.

The president’s public dithering on Syria is drawing jeers from friend and foe alike.

Western military action in the Syrian civil war now appears likely.

Once, against Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes it clear she isn’t going anywhere.

In both Egypt and Syria, it’s damned if we do and damned if we don’t.

Courts gave the NSA broad powers to intercept overseas communications of Americans . . . 30 years ago.

Al Jazeera debuted its American broadcast Tuesday. Fewer Americans have access to Al Jazeera than they did Monday.

Author Elmore Leonard has died at the age of 87.

Andrew Bacevich argues, persuasively, that “absence of leverage does not preclude options” with respect to Egypt.

Bill Clark, who served as National Security Advisor and Interior Secretary under Ronald Reagan, has died at 81.

For a guy who just bought a newspaper, Jeff Bezos wasn’t too optimistic about their future less than a year ago.

TheTransportation Security Administration is expanding its purview to train stations and sporting events.

One of the nation’s papers of record is changing owners for the first time in 80 years.

A business move that signals the continuing death of the newspaper industry.

The DMV experience sucks just as much if you’re Tim Geithner.

Bradley Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge against him, but is still likely to spend most of his life in prison.

Gay bars around the world are banning Russian vodka to protest the lack of gay rights in that country.

Anti-Assad forces are committing atrocities in Aleppo.

The US backed Egyptian government is massacring supporters of the ousted democratically elected government.

ABC News selectively edited their interview with Juror B29 to give a false impression of what she said.

Conservatives are doing what they criticized JournoList for doing—even though JournoList didn’t.

To maintain growth China needs to consider its priorities.

Apparently, there was a culture clash at the Grey Lady.

A Federal Judge wasn’t very pleased when Administration lawyers told her that she doesn’t have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit over the President’s drone policy.

What can an incident at an elite New York party ten years ago tell us about race in America?

Three years after joining The New York Times, Nate Silver is jumping ship to Disney’s ESPN and ABC.

Once again, a Federal Court rules that the First Amendment rules does not protect a reporter from being compelled to reveal sources or the results of an investigation.

Some thoughts on a decade old video in which Samantha Power speculates on actions to take against an unfolding genocide.

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

The Senate may be headed for an historic confrontation today if an 11th hour deal isn’t reached.

The Oval Office Address, once a common tool of the Presidency, has been in declining use of late.

President Obama is rightly outraged by a wave of sexual assaults in the military. He unwittingly made them harder to prosecute.

Certain aspects of Egyptian civic life have improved rapidly in the wake of the military coup, raising at least some questions about the events leading up to it.