Outside the Beltway

Despite their military trappings and propaganda, they’re seldom heroes.

The great conservative humorist is gone at 74.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

Justin Amash spoke out against the President and Attorney General. Unsurprisingly this is not being received well by his fellow Republicans.

Two more defections from the stable of writers at RedState provide further proof of the extent to which conservative media has become a pro-Trump echo chamber.

Thanks apparently to the fact that it remained unwilling to get in line behind the Trumpidians, the conservative owner of The Weekly Standard has shut the magazine down.

While I was originally content to let Brett Kavanaugh sail through to confirmation, I now feel compelled to oppose his nomination to be a Supreme Court Justice.

A woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of having assaulted her when he was 17 and she was 15 has come forward. What happens next is anyone’s guess.

President Trump reportedly vetoed a plan to issue a statement lauding Senator John McCain after he died on Saturday.

A towering figure gone much too soon.

National Republicans are increasingly concerned that an upstart, racist candidate who has unleashed personal attacks on Mitch McConnell’s family will sneak through and win tomorrow’s primary to decide who will face Joe Manchin in November.

Forget all the talk about a civil war in the Republican Party, the truth is that Republicans and conservatives have already surrendered to Trump and Bannon.

Donald Trump’s entire modus operandi involves pushing divisive cultural hot buttons.

A bit of wishful thinking in the wake of Steve Bannon’s ouster.

The Mueller investigation continues.

The relatively unknown candidate that Bill Kristol floated as the “Never Trump” alternative has announced he’s not running for President.

Bill Kristol’s plan to stop Donald Trump involves a long shot independent bid for the White House by someone most Americans have never heard of before.

Bill Kristol is continuing the #NeverTrump fight to its logical next step, trying to find a more mainstream Republican to run as an independent in the fall.

With Donald Trump inching closer to a delegate majority with each primary, it’s obvious that GOP insiders have no idea how to stop Donald Trump.

A month after raising $6,000,000 for “the troops,,” questions are being asked about where the money Donald Trump raised for veterans causes actually is at this point.

The flagship of the American right is leading the charge against Donald Trump, but it’s not likely to work.

House Republicans are set to vote on a bill banning abortion in almost all cases after twenty weeks. What they can’t do is explain where the Constitution gives Congress the power to do this.

More than ever before, even mild criticism of Israel seems to be verboten among Republicans.

Some people didn’t like the song selection at last night’s Washington, D.C. concert for Veterans Day.

The TSA is up to its usual shenanigans.

Allen West seems to think that God might want him to run for President. Unfortunately for Mr. West, so does Ben Carson.

The House GOP leadership’s principles are a good start, but it’s unclear if they can make it past the anti “amnesty” crowd that seems to dominate the GOP.

The beginnings of a populist challenge to Hillary Clinton in 2016?

Looking at Chris Christie as he interacts with voters in New Jersey offers a glimpse of just how he could succeed in a 2016 GOP nomination fight.

Some interesting taking of sides is already taking place in the GOP Senate race in Wyoming.

On a slow news day, a major concession on Obamacare

The Obama Administration’s response to the Benghazi attack is approaching critical mass. It’s not going away any time soon.

The talking points prepared in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attack were heavily edited at the request of the State Department.

The White House employs calligraphers. And pays them money!

The Hagel confirmation, like Obama’s election, was big news to some avid news consumers.

The Weekly Standard is proud that Mitt Romney’s intentionally false Jeep ad was technically true.

Whether it comes now or in January, President Obama is going to win the tax debate.

Political reality says that the Bush Tax Cuts for high income earners are likely doomed in the wake of the election, but the GOP will find it very hard to switch positions on this issue.

More griping about poor analysis.

The analyst actually wants to understand and be correct far more than he or she wants their preferences to prevail in the analysis

John Sides argues that, contrary to popular conception, undecided voters are neither morons nor non-partisan.

The Presidential race seems to be returning to the state it was in before the political conventions.

In order to win, Mitt Romney needs the support of a large segment of the 47% of the populace he wrote off back in May.

Republican lawmakers are starting to express frustration with the course of the Romney campaign.

No, Barack Obama is not going to dump Joe Biden before the Democratic Convention.

Most of the early reaction on the right consider’s the selection of Paul Ryan a smart move on Mitt Romney’s part, but you could also say it’s just risky.