Outside the Beltway

Major metropolitan areas are routinely shut down for presidential fundraisers.

Michele Bachmann and several other Members of Congress are engaging in the despicable tactics of Joe McCarthy.

My latest for The Atlantic continues the debate over work-life balance spawned by Anne-Marie Slaughter’s cover story “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All.”

It’s a wonder the Constitution gets followed at all.

US Army Special Forces are the best we have at working with far-flung villagers. Are they good enough?

Is there a Romney Doctrine?

The blind Chinese activist who daring escape from house arrest set off a diplomatic brouhaha that grabbed the world’s attention is about to get his wish to come to America.

What seemed like a diplomatic success has begun to unravel very quickly.

Joe Biden says we can’t afford a president who has to learn foreign policy on the job.

The Secretary of State is ignoring a hold by the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman.

Facts are stubborn things.

Good Journalism?

The differences between the parties when it comes to Iran are far less substantial than the candidate’s rhetoric would suggest.

Once again, a government entity thinks the average person is too dumb to take care of themselves.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had some advice on Constitution drafting for Egyptians

He may be praising Ronald Reagan now, but Newt Gingrich was singing a different tune in the 1980s.

The Obama Administration has halted, for the moment, a pipeline project that has become a political football.

How can we know what happens next in North Korea when we didn’t even know Kim Jong-il had died?

After 3,193 days and more than 4,000 lives, the American war in Iraq is officially at an end.

We’re hearing the howls of a wounded bear.

The Secretary of Defense has some words of warning for those advocating military action against Iran.

The CIA’s drone war in Pakistan has gotten so out of hand that the Pentagon and State Department are reigning it in.

Barack Obama wrote two bestselling memoirs before becoming president. Both of them are hot items at Foggy Bottom.

Ahead of his big foreign policy speech, Mitt Romney has unveiled his “Foreign Policy and National Security Advisory Team” which “will assist Governor Romney as he presents his vision for restoring American leadership in the world and securing our enduring interests and ideals abroad.”

Should it matter if a teacher has an accent?

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

Four American soldiers are now on the ground in Libya. Reports have them wearing boots.

Steve Clemons highlights former first lady Laura Bush’s continuing work in promoting education and international engagement.

Details of the President’s jobs plan are starting to leak out, and they’re not looking impressive.

The Supreme Court is being asked to decided if Congress can overrule a foreign policy position the U.S. has held since 1948.

A legendary American soldier, General John Shalikashvili, has died.

Thomas Ricks makes the case that JFK was the worst President of his century but his argument misses the mark.