Outside the Beltway

t’s been more than two-and-a half years since the United States passed major legislation.

How he went from Juicebox Mafia member to the most important young journalist in DC.

The smear campaign against defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel has taken a bizarre turn.

Ross Wilson, former US ambassador to Turkey, says yesterday’s suicide attack on our embassy in Ankara “was no Benghazi.”

My latest for The National Interest, “Ignoring the Hagel Hearing Farce,” has posted.

I have over the years been both editor and edited; currently, I’m both, often in the same day. Some thoughts on the relationship.

Plus some thoughts on prohibitionist policies (because sometimes a Quick Pick grows in the making).

Monday, The Atlantic published and took down a sponsored article from the church of Scientology. Yesterday, it admitted it had “screwed up.”

Republican opposition to defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel reveals just how far the party’s thinking has drifted on foreign policy.

The House GOP is moving in an ever more dangerous direction.

The world’s most prolific blogger is leaving corporate media and opening the tip jar.

Alex Pareene’s annual hack list omits an obvious candidate: Alex Pareene.

John Cornyn tells Jennifer Rubin that he’ll oppose the confirmation of his former colleague, Chuck Hagel, for Secretary of Defense.

Conor Friedersdorf contends “The U.S. Already Had a Conversation About Guns—and the Pro Side Won.”

The National Intelligence Council has released its quadrennial strategic forecast, Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds.

The Republican Party needs a new message on foreign policy that is true to the conservative principles of the base and yet has a broad appeal to the American public.

Seems that the answer continues to be “no.”

The conflict between Israel and Hamas appears to be heading in one unfortunate direction.

If you’re a white Southerner who gets most of his information from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, you probably don’t know a lot of people who voted for Barack Obama.

Pundits on the left and the right are having a hard time understanding what Chris Christie’s praise of the President is all about.

We are fast approaching an era where robot-driven cars will not only be practical but mandatory.

Were you impacted by Hurricane Sandy? If so, how did you fare?

The Mid-Atlantic region is under the gun.

A recent poll has Obama and Romney tied among women. Another gives Obama a 33 point edge.

Hillary Clinton doesn’t have much sympathy for her former aide’s inability to “have it all.”

The President has yet to tell us what he would do with a Second Term.

Too little, too late?

Before last night, Romney was toast and Republicans were demoralized; now, there’s a glimmer of hope.

Not surprisingly, television and reality don’t really coincide.

Both campaigns are trying to set the stage for Wednesday’s debate.

Mitt Romney’s “47 Percent” remarks seem to be hurting him.

It’s still possible for Mitt Romney to win this election, but is it probable?

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

My latest for The Atlantic, “What Would Romney’s Foreign Policy Look Like?” has posted.

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

Jimmy Carter’s ex-presidency has lasted the equivalent of 26 Iranian hostage crises.

Do fiscal conservatives realize they’re being sold a bill of goods?

My latest for The Atlantic, “Stop Feeling Sorry for American Veterans, has posted.

The political convention we know is a 19th Century relic. It’s time to modernize it and make it a lot shorter.

Tropical Storm Isaac won’t be as much of a danger to Tampa as feared, but it’s still having an impact. That’s all because of bad scheduling ideas.

For the second Presidential election cycle in a row, a tropical storm has resulted in the postponement of the first day events at the Republican National Convention.

A culture of fact-checking, of honesty, is as important as the actual fact-checking.