Outside the Beltway

A Trump surrogate warns of a “taco truck on every corner” if Trump loses. That sounds like more of a promise than a threat if you ask me.

A skilled comedian and unlikely leading man has passed away at the age of 83.

A high-level French Court has struck down the ban on the so-called ‘burkini’ adopted by many towns along the French Riviera.

Responding to comments on this morning’s post.

Well that took long enough.

The Supreme Court won’t hear the appeal of a pharmacist who objects to providing the ‘morning after’ pill.

When it comes to the protections of the Fourth Amendment, it doesn’t matter if you’re “guilty” or “innocent,” it protects all of us.

Bernie Sanders doesn’t seem to realize that the political world has already moved past the race for the Democratic nomination.

President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima left just the impression it should have.

A music legend has passed at far too young an age.

How much command of detail should we demand of presidential candidates?

One of the pioneers of the technology revolution of the past four decades has passed away.

With President Obama becoming the first American President to visit Cuba in 88 years, a new poll finds majority support for his changes in Cuba policy.

President Obama told a group of Democratic donors that the Sanders campaign is nearing its end and that they need to start uniting behind Hillary Clinton.

The eighth Democratic debate raises the question of whether we really need this many debates.

On Tuesday, Ted Cruz’s campaign faces what amounts to a do-or-die battle in Texas.

Hillary Clinton pulled off a strong win that promises to set up a string of victories that will likely leave Bernie Sanders in the dust.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign and its supporters seem to be getting frustrated by the fact that younger women are seemingly more interested in her opponent than in her.

Hillary Clinton eked out the narrowest of wins in Iowa, but now she’s headed to New Hampshire where Bernie Sanders holds a seemingly insurmountable lead in the polls.

China’s economy is still growing, but it’s most recently reported growth rate is slower than the nation has seen in quite some time.

Representatives from 195 nations reached an agreement supposedly devoted to addressing global climate change, but it’s really more hype than anything else.

Confirming speculation that had already been all but confirmed, we now know that it was a bomb that brought down a Russian passenger jet on October 31st.

American intelligence officials are saying that a Russian passenger jet that went down over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula was most likely brought down by a bomb.

For the first time since Chang Kai-Shek escaped across the Taiwan Strait, the leaders of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China will meet this weekend.

From now on, you’ll just have to read it for the articles.

President Obama’s confrontational approach to opponents of the Iran Nuclear Deal ignores legitimate questions.

An important tenet of the internet is “don’t read the comments.” Well, I have violated that rule of late–which means more musings on the symbols of the CSA.

The Senate returns tomorrow to try to pass an extension of the PATRIOT Act before it expires, but it may not be able to do so.

Another step forward toward ending a U.S. policy regarding Cuba that was outdated twenty years ago.

The Supreme Court accepted a case that will require the Justices to decide just what it meant when it established the “one person, one vote” rule for drawing legislative districts.

Voters in Ireland have overwhelmingly approved a referendum legalizing same-sex marriage.

Disturbing developments on the part of the Ukrainian government.

With the election behind him, David Cameron’s biggest problems may be yet to come.

Some thoughts on a column by Roger Noriega on the Obama administration and Latin America,

Freedom of speech means freedom for all speech, even when it is racially offensive.

Thinking about comparative American struggles against tyranny.

Another commentary on the National Security Strategy, this one at The Hill.

Rand Paul is one of the few Republicans who seems to be evaluating the new policy toward Cuba through something other than an outdated Cold War perspective.

An American freed from captivity, and potentially huge changes in America’s diplomatic and trade relationship with Cuba.

Michael Brown’s stepfather made incendiary comments in the wake of the Grand Jury announcement, but they do not amount to a crime.

Well, so much for that “people’s revolt” that brought down a military dictator.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Every member of the Supreme Court graduated from an Ivy League Law School. That kind of homogeneity is not healthy.