Outside the Beltway

My latest for The National Interest, “Neoconservatives, the Iraq Debate and Ad Hominem Attacks,” has posted.

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

Too regularly engage in “bedtime procrastination,” creating a vicious cycle.

Leaving aside his emotionalism and frustration, his core argument has merit.

When everything’s an outrage, is anything outrageous?

Not every soldier is a hero. Not even every POW.

It’s good that Bowe Bergdahl is free, but questions remain about how he went missing that need to be answered.

The latest chapter in an all too familiar story.

Shutting down rational debate one meme at a time.

The Associated Press doesn’t want its reporters to get too wordy.

Once again, Rand Paul is challenging conservative orthodoxy.

Today’s oral argument before the Supreme Court on the issue of police searches of cell phones and smartphones left much up in the air.

The anti-vaccination movement has earned a dubious achievement, the return of a disease that was effectively eradicated 15 years ago.

Continuing the discussion from earlier this week on hate crimes.

Who watches Sunday morning talk shows anymore?

Wisconsin recently became the third state to criminalize revenge porn. Why is it still legal in the other 47?

Interactions between consumers and businesses online are starting to have an impact on the legal system.

In an ideal world, we would be more tolerant of leaders who held controversial positions. We don’t live in that world.

The CEO of Mozilla resigned today amid controversy over his position on same-sex marriage. The triumph of “political correctness,” or just the will of the marketplace?

Yesterday afternoon’s shooting spree at Fort Hood appears to be a related to post-traumatic stress.

An opportunist ruins a good joke and hijacks an important discussion.

After national attention, a North Carolina school has rescinded its ban on a 9-year-old boy’s wearing of a “girl’s” backpack.

Politics, media, and the attention span of the average American haven’t really changed as much as we think.

Congratulations to Dave Schuler on a decade of blogging.

Does one Special Election in Florida tells us anything about nationwide trends? Probably not.

The beginning of the end of an era.

Big news out of the House of Representatives

Can you still buy batteries there, though?

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.

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

Two experts debate the topic, demonstrating how little we really know.