Outside the Beltway

During last night’s debate, Mitt Romney repeated a charge that has become part of the conservative zeitgeist. But is it true?

Now that the storm has passed, the media is being accused of over-hyping Hurricane Irene.

Is America’s political system to blame for our current problems?

My first piece for CNN has been posted at Fareed Zakaria’s Global Public Square.

The world is likely to get worse before it gets better.

After months of fits and starts, it appears anti-Gaddafi forces are on the verge of victory.

British courts are handing out swift and harsh sentences for people involved in last week’s riots, including four-year prison sentences for two 20-somethings for Facebook postings in support of the mayhem.

So, you want a career in foreign policy field and are weighing your options….

Dan Drezner believes those worrying that we’re seeing the global meltdown of 2008 repeat itself are kidding themselves.

Some thoughts on the riots (especially some US partisan responses to it).

Michele Bachmann’s view of history is based in a world view that would be foreign to most Americans.

A take on the conflict that’s probably different from the one you’ve been reading.

The choice is not between British-style socialized medicine and a free market in health care.

Some things are worth repeating.

Some thoughts on the American experiment at 235 years and counting.

Tennis’ most aristocratic championship is also its most democratic.

While his best-known solo effort was “anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, [and] anti-capitalistic,” John Lennon became a Reagan Republican a few years later, his assistant claims.

Thanks to an appearance on Hardball we’ve got another story about a 47 year old law.

For as long as the notion of individual rights has existed, one of them has been the sanctity one’s home. As of Thursday, that’s no longer true in Indiana.

A lot of people appear confused at to what the debt ceiling is and why it has to be raised.

An aide’s compliment about the president “leading from behind” has generated controversy.

Singing the 1974 Carl Douglas classic “Kung Fu Fighting” can get you arrested in England.

It took Andrew Sullivan 18 years to get his request for Permanent Resident status approved. That’s just absurd.

Prejudice and negative attitudes towards obese individuals is becoming a global norm, not just an American phenomenon.

Humorous take on America’s wars.

As gas and oil prices rise, the pressure is increasing to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It’s a dumb idea.

A day after apologizing for an odd comment about the President’s upbringing, Mike Huckabee now feeds into the conservative myth that Barack Obama isn’t a real American.

Establishing a no-fly zone isn’t likely to be enough to remove the current Libyan regime from power.

The last American veteran of a conflict which ended nearly a century ago has died.

The Wall Street Journal is joining the modern era and dropping the practice of referring to people as “Mr.” and “Ms.” But only on the sports pages.

On the eve of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, another shot has been fired by those boycotting the meeting due to the presence of a gay conservative group.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has made public documents which confirm his predecessors role in the release of the man convicted of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103.

Examining Levin’s examination of the Constitution, jurisprudence, and property rights.

A new Wikileaks revelation indicates that the U.S. may have paid a heavy price to get a deal on New START.