Outside the Beltway

The battle over Wisconsin’s public sector union reform continues.

For the fourth day, American and other embassies became the focus of mass protests in many Muslim nations.

The Romney campaign is doubling down on bizarre foreign policy pronouncements.

If the United States and Egypt were Facebook friends, their relationship status would be “It’s Complicated.”

One Professor suggests we sacrifice yet more of our freedom in the wake of the embassy protests in the Middle East.

Mitt Romney’s initial response to the attacks in Egypt and Libya displayed a tendency to jump the gun rather than wait for the facts.

A day of protests over a film nobody has ever heard of has lead to the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya.

The 9/11 attacks and our response to them changed America, and not for the better.

An attack on Iran’s nuclear program would be far more complicated than a one-off attack.

Obama heads into his convention in a good position, but with several potential pitfalls in his path.

Paul Ryan pointed to a shuttered GM plant in his hometown as proof of Obama’s failed policies. The truth will make your head hurt.

Security at the Republican Convention in Tampa looks more like a war zone than a political convention in a democratic republic.

Lance Armstrong joins a long line of the greatest athletes of his generation whose glory was fueled by performance enhancing drugs.

American politics has been reduced to a charade where all people do is yell at each other.

The United States Congress can still work together to pander before election season.

The candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood is the next President of Egypt, but the political future of Egypt itself remains quite murky.

President Fernando Lugo of Paraguay was impeached and removed from office this week.

The slow motion election continues at least one more day.

Let’s leave Egypt to the Egyptians.

The heady days of revolution in Egypt have been replaced with the cold light of political reality.

A new ruling from Egypt’s highest court has set in motion a chain of events that could end very badly.

There is a disturbing trend in Western nations toward enforcement of laws against “insulting” religions.

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

Further thoughts on Ron Paul’s game plan, assuming he has one.

Optimism sells. Someone should remind the GOP of this fact.

Is the Supreme Court risking it’s legitimacy if it strikes down the individual mandate?

An lesson from the United Kingdom in the importance of protecting freedom of speech.

It seems to have been a rough day for the individual mandate at the Supreme Court.

It’s time to let the legal system do its job.