Outside the Beltway

The State Of The Union Address was more of the same, and the same will be true of Washington going forward.

There’s really no point in watching tonight’s speech.

President Obama believes the North Korean attack on Sony was “an act of cyber vandalism” rather than “an act of war.”

Michele Bachmann leaves office at the end of the current Congress, but we may not have heard the last from her.

Some on the right are suggesting that Congress retaliate against the President’s executive action on immigration by refusing to invite him to give the State Of The Union Address.

A new poll shows that Americans would prefer President Obama to wait to act on immigration until after the new Congress has had a chance to act on the issue.

Rebranding alone isn’t going to fix what’s causing the GOP to lose ground among a whole host of demographic groups.

After an avalanche of negative commentary, the Governors of New York and New Jersey have modified their policy regarding quarantining people returning from west Africa.

Much of the criticism of Hobby Lobby, and Citizens United before it, is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what those decisions stand for.

There are legitimate issues regarding Presidential overreach and separation of powers that President Obama’s actions while in office have raised. But none of that will be discussed in our hyperpartisan political culture.

The Obama White House rejected Republican criticism of the deal that led to the release of the only American Prisoner Of War from the Afghanistan War.

President Obama is rewarding unqualified hacks who raised huge sums for his campaign with ambassadorships.

Tan, rested, ready, Biden in 2016?

A commonly cited statistic in support of the “equal pay” argument does not stand up to scrutiny.

The President’s sixth State Of The Union Address was fairly low-key.

One could argue the constitutional requirements of the SOTU are fulfilled on an onging basis.

Tonight, the American political system stops to engage in the biggest waste of time ever invented.

The likelihood of any action on gun control in 2014 is extremely limited

Some on the American right have a very odd view of both Nelson Mandela and the Apartheid regime he fought against.

The trends in President Obama’s approval numbers are not moving in the direction he ought to want them to go.

Ted Cruz wants his fellow Republicans to follow him down the rabbit hole again.

As expected, President Obama’s latest “pivot” to the economy is less than meets the eye.

Time to “pivot to the economy” again.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says revealing that the United States is spying on its allies has undermined their trust.

Words don’t always mean what you think they mean.

Without full transcripts, the excerpts released by the House Oversight Committee are worthless.

Sometimes it seems like all John McCain does is appear on Sunday morning news shows. The problem goes deeper than that, though.

If you want to understand contemporary politics, the last thing you should do is reference an Andrew Sorkin project.

The Republican field for 2016 is more wide open than any we’ve seen in a long time.

Emily DePrang looks back at “‘Baghdad Bob’ and His Ridiculous, True Predictions.”

President Obama’s job approval numbers have fallen off from their post-election highs. But, does it matter?

The post-Newtown momentum for gun control has slowed significantly.

It’s time to end this absurd annual spectacle.

Obama To Hold Google+ Hangout After State Of The Union; Biden to take gun questions from Field & Stream.

A positive political climate for immigration reform.

We really don’t need to be treating Inauguration Day like it’s the coronation of a new King.

Despite the push it’s likely to receive, most of President Obama’s gun control proposals will barely even see the light of day in Congress.