Outside the Beltway

The regime is not a -changin’.

They have a right to do anything we can’t stop them from doing.

What could go wrong?

Just more evidence of how our institutions help shape our parties.

What it is and isn’t. Some polisci basics.

More excerpts from excellent columns I’ve read.

I’m sure there’s a plan for that.

Preliminary thoughts from several columnists.

USA! USA! USA!

The appointment of white supremacist to a State Department slot creates some thoughts.

Waiting for the other side to self-destruct has always been ridiculous and dangerous.

Democrats and Independents are losing their enthusiasm. But some perspective is needed.

Tim Pawlenty said in a speech on Friday that America needs to “turn toward God.”

Despite what appear to be the fond hope of European central bankers that it will just all go away, something needs to be done. But what?

44 Republican Senators have already pledged to filibuster John Bryson’s nomination as Commerce secretary.

Once again, Sarah Palin has made herself the center of attention in the political world.

A summary of the status of the “Arab Spring” uprisings with links to news coverage and commentary.

Tim Pawlenty may face trouble from a pardon he issued while he was Governor of Minnesota.

President Obama doubled down in his speech before this year’s AIPAC conference. Why he did so only he understands.

Once again, an American President thinks he can bring peace to the Middle East.

No, Ron Paul is not a viable candidate for president.

How much of public opinion is about tribal political identification and how much is about the actual policies themselves?

John McCain thoroughly dismantles the argument that Osama bin Laden’s capture vindicates the use of so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques.”

Why the United States has found itself in a seemingly endless series of wars over the past two decades.

In a column about American Exceptionalism, a newspaper columnist makes a bizarre historical analogy.

The Navy is considering allowing its chaplains to perform same-sex marriages once “Dont ask, Don’t tell” ends.

Did a deal between the U.S. and Pakistan during the infancy of the war against al Qaeda play a role in the raid against Osama bin Laden?

Why would David Petraeus take the thankless job of running the CIA?

Birtherism dies a quick death–and with it the notion that Obama’s opponents are motivated purely by race.

An attempt at explaining where I am coming from on in the health care discussion.

The GOP seems to be losing the public relations battle over deficit reduction.

Why are many of the top Republicans are sitting out the race despite a seemingly vulnerable incumbent?

Is there a magic formula to fix soaring gas prices? A Washington Examiner editorial claims to have found it.

According to a new poll, the American public still isn’t sold on the idea of cutting entitlements to cut the budget deficit.

With all the birther talk these days, it’s probably time to question whether we even need the “natural born citizen” rule anymore.