Outside the Beltway

Are the Stuxnet and Flame attacks the opening shots in a dangerous new era of secret war?

The US Supreme Court has upheld the most controversial provisions of Arizona’s immigration law.

With the Supreme Court’s decision imminent, many supporters of the PPACA are starting to second guess the Obama Administration’s legal strategy.

Fast and furious, or a lot of sound and fury signifying not too much?

We don’t know what the Supreme Court will have to say about the Affordable Care Act, but their decision is already being attacked.

Mitt Romney’s confrontational approach to Russia makes no sense.

Jeffrey Goldberg asks, “What if Mitt Romney were Jewish?”

Americans should be thankful when our presidents take time off.

Public opinion of the Supreme Court has declined in recent years. But It’s not because of anything the Court did.

Jonathan Chait makes an astute observation about the media’s role in meme generation.

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

The factors influencing Russian policy in Syria are many, and some of them are quite ancient.

The president has come a long way from his days as a “liberal law professor who campaigned against the Iraq war.”

As societal attitudes change, what counts as an insult so bad you can sue someone over it also changes.

The first shots have been fired in cyberspace. How will it end?

The official portrait of George W. Bush, the 43rd president, was unveiled at the White House yesterday. The ceremony was a rare display of political humor and grace.

New York City’s Mayor wants to control the size of soft drinks.

You have Martin Luther King’s statue in your office, but you are sending these unmanned drones out, and bombs are dropping on innocent people.

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

Yes, it is too hard to amend. A few quick thoughts on the subject.

Contrary to what you’re hearing, the Facebook I.P.O. was a huge success.

The Obama campaign’s focus on Mitt Romney’s years at Bain Capital don’t seem to be working.

China’s economic engine may be sputtering.

The “Clinton-Biden Switcheroo” Scenario is the pundit’s fantasy that will not die.

Yesterday, Cory Booker committed the rookie mistake of saying what was on his mind.

Recipe plagiarism and a bonus tale.

The private office is quickly becoming a relic, despite the loss of morale and productivity that comes from open floorplans.

Since Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón began an all-out assault on drug cartels in 2006, more than 50,000 people have lost their lives across the country in a nearly-continuous string of shootouts, bombings, and ever-bloodier murders.

All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.

White babies now constitute slightly less than half of American births.

A pro-Republican SuperPAC may be bringing the Jeremiah Wright story back. That would be bad news for the Romney campaign.

Marriage has always been an evolving institution.

Some Republicans see the light on same-sex marriage. Whether the party will listen is another question.

Is there a Romney Doctrine?

How the Vice-President’s comment’s on Meet The Press led to an historic Presidential announcement.

Nicholas Katzenbach, a central figure in the civil rights fights of the 1960s, has died.