Outside the Beltway

Modern Singapore’s founder passed away at age 91 earlier this week.

Ted Cruz kicks off with the first of what is likely to be a string of candidates getting into the 2016 race in the coming month.

The budget bill Congress set to pass Congress would effectively reverse the will of the voters of Washington, D.C., who just voted to legalize marijuana.

Always as many military personnel identify as Independents as with the GOP.

After a disappointing August, the jobs report for September showed the same good numbers we’ve seen for much of 2014.

The Israeli public if overwhelmingly behind the war in Gaza, and that means it will probably continue for awhile.

While the world watches Ukraine, Central Asia could also be an area where Russia may seek to expand its territory.

Preserving the filibuster.

It appears what we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.

“It’s complicated” has long been an option to describe one’s romantic status on Facebook. Now, it applies to one’s sex as well.

The Air Force can’t find enough people to volunteer to fly remote controlled planes.

The US Navy is moving transport ships near Egypt. Just in case.

If one is going to be in government, one ought to take governing seriously.

Christine Fox, the real-life inspiration for Charlie of “Top Gun,” and the casual sexism of 1985.

AP has won round 1 in a case against Meltwater that would severely limit the Fair Use concept in commercial cases.

Matt Yglesias has a smart push-back against the lamentations of the decline of journalism.

Separate, it turns out, is not equal.

Tim Kane continues his campaign against the US military’s antiquated personnel system.

40 years after Roe v. Wade, support for the decision is still strong, but the effort to restrict it continues apace.

Remember when the Bush administration was spying on calls Americans made overseas without a warrant? Those were the good old days.

Judging by the record of the past decade and a half, movement conservatism has accomplished very little.

As is often the case with sex scandals, pretty much everything ever written about General David Petraeus takes on an ironic double meaning in hindsight.

John Nagl, who became famous as a leading counterinsurgency theorist and practitioner, is taking on a new challenge: grooming young boys for life.

One year ago, the U.S. lost it’s AAA credit rating with S&P. There doesn’t appear to have been any real impact from that decision.

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

Antonin Scalia says Supreme Court justices have a collegial relationship and make decisions based on legal philosophy, not politics.

Men who graduate elite universities earn an additional $107,000 lifetime. It costs $234,440 to get a Yale degree.

Well, maybe a tiny one.

Newt Gingrich is morally and intellectually bankrupt, so perhaps it’s no surprise that his health care think tank is now fiscally bankrupt.

Is the now-familiar refrain that the individual mandate was originally a conservative idea really true?

Hugo Chavez has built a state on cronyism.

One Goldman Sachs employee decided to quit his job in a very public manner.

A legal dispute exposes an open wound.

Revisiting a lively debate from over the weekend.

American politics is as polarized as ever, and it shows no signs of changing regardless of who wins in November.

On it’s own, the so-called “Buffett Rule” is unlikely to do much to reduce the deficit.

Ron Paul doesn’t want to talk about his newsletters now, but he was pretty talkative 15 years ago.

It’s hard to see how Newt Gingirch can remain a viable candidate given his past

A cute protest sign based on a blog quip has created a minor internet sensation.

AP does a FACT CHECK: Are rich taxed less than secretaries? The answer: Generally speaking, no. But it’s complicated.