Outside the Beltway

A Selection Of Speaker Gingrich’s Thoughts Over The Years

There’s no law requiring Presidential candidates to release their tax returns. Should they be expected to do it anyway?

The Republican frontrunner’s statements yesterday about his earnings and taxes went over like a platinum balloon.

The first shot in a Constitutional showdown has been fired.

Conservatives are rejecting Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek essay out of hand, but they ought to pay attention to what he’s saying.

Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich are appealing the ruling that they cannot get on the Virginia ballot. Their argument doesn’t amount to much.

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

Is George Bush to blame for a weak Republican field almost four years after he left office? Not entirely.

Ann Romney asked it of Mitt. (And Newt throws in his two cents).

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

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

Last night, Ron Paul decided it was a good idea to bring back the ghosts of the Vietnam War era.

Rick Santorum’s views on the role of government are somewhat disturbing.

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.

Ron Paul’s opposition to the Fourteenth Amendment would make a Paul Administration an enemy of civil liberties.

Many people seem to have a rather inappropriate view of their relationship to the President of the United States.

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

Facing his own Tea Party challenge, Richard Lugar reminds Republicans of an uncomfortable truth.

The capacity of some people to look the other way in the face of evil is astounding.

Like many Republicans before him, Newt Gingrich is trying to claim the mantle of Reagan. He is the one least entitled to it.

Newt Gingrich’s ideas about the role of the judiciary are very dangerous.

America’s greatest statesmen fear America’s political paralysis endangers our ability to lead the world.

Yesterday’s encounter between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich was less than it could have been.

Except, of course, the parts he doesn’t like.

The Establishment opposition to the current frontrunner has little to do with his policy ideas.

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

Stranger things have happened.

Herman Cain will announce his future campaign plans this afternoon but, in some sense, it doesn’t matter what he decides to do.

The much celebrated ban on earmarks isn’t stopping Congressmen from trying to earmark.

It was a good day for Newt Gingrich, but will it matter in the end?

Once again, pundits are suggesting that New York’s Michael Bloomberg might run for President. Though nobody seems to be able to explain why.

Newt Gingrich, Republican frontrunner. Four words most people never thought they’d see together.

The former pizza executive is a smart guy. But he’s not fit to run the country.

My latest for The Atlantic: “Some Reasons Not to Worry About Republican Foreign Policy Craziness”

Rick Perry is out with a plan to reform Washington. Mostly, it’s just a bunch of gimmicks.

Doug Feith’s replacement is prettier and softer spoken.

President Obama ended the tradition of native costumes for the APEC Summit.

From across the pond, an observation that the way we pick Presidents isn’t really that bad after all.