Outside the Beltway

How far should the press go in challenging assertions by politicians?

A far-reaching decision from the Supreme Court protecting religious liberty.

Michael Hastings has yet another credulous story attempting to smear the United States military.

Yes, it’s time to talk about that again.

When did serving your country become something political opponents attacked you for?

President Obama’s Pentagon is planning for an unlikely war with China rather than the small wars America will inevitably fight.

While the President’s recess appointments are bound to set off a political dispute with the Republicans, there does not appear to be a Constitution ban against them.

Rick Santorum’s foreign policy positions are troubling in many respects.

To Republicans, even thinking about engaging in diplomacy is enough to accuse the President of appeasement.

Mitt Romney said the other day that the 2012 Election is about “the soul of the country.” This is most assuredly not true.

Not surprisingly, most of the Republican candidates for President aren’t too keen on reducing the excessive growth in Executive Branch power.

Let’s ban robocalls.

Ron Paul has a new explanation for those newsletters of his.

If you’re going to take public money, “religious liberty” is not an excuse to fail to comply with the law.

Once again, people are engaging in largely mindless speculation involving Hillary Clinton.

Understanding the state of the GOP field requires recognizing that President Obama is actually pretty moderate.

Thanks to their own ineptitude, House Republicans suffered a big defeat this week. They totally deserved it.

A shocking new polls shows that most Americans would like to receive Social Security and not pay for it.

There aren’t many glad tidings at the White House these days.

Newt Gingrich’s foreign policy vision leaves much to be desired.

Some good news in the November jobs report, but not very much of it.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 authorizes the President the authority to indefinitely detain persons, even American citizens arrested on American soil, without trial because they allegedly support the enemy.

There’s a little historical revisionism going on on the right.

Guess who got advance warning of government actions on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis?

How did Republicans get in this mess?

Another meme debunked, plus some thoughts on policy.

Herman Cain has either doubled down on his foreign policy ignorance or proven himself a man of great nuance.

More revelations regarding the relationship between Solyndra and the Obama White House.

Twitter is abuzz with news that Congress has declared pizza to be a vegetable. It’s actually not news at all.

The Supreme Court will decide on the Constitutionality of the President’s health care law by June 2012.

A cynical racial play by Herman Cain.

Rick Perry’s tax plan isn’t very impressive.

President Obama is being attacking from the right for following through on a policy decision made by his Republican predecessor.

One of the less ballyhooed parts of ObamaCare has been tossed aside as too expensive before it even went into effect.

Obama is trying to get into Guinness under “US President with Most Simultaneous Wars”

Ronald Reagan’s chief economist has a radical plan for solving the housing crisis.

The Tea Party flame was lit by the battle over TARP, but they quickly forgot about those bailouts that supposedly upset them so much.

Obama’s Justice Department continues its crackdown on medical marijuana, despite campaign promises to the contrary.

With the advantage of hindsight, it’s clear that more creative strategies were needed. But they probably couldn’t have been passed.

Harry Reid’s “nuclear option” has changed the rules of the game, for now.

My latest for The Atlantic, “Romney’s Realist Foreign Policy Is a Lot Like Obama’s,” has been posted.

We’re learning more about the Obama Administration’s decision to kill Anwar al-Awlaki