Outside the Beltway

Pope Francis restates something the Catholic Church has taught for a long time and, again, the American media thinks its something new and revolutionary.

On Sunday, it’s the Day Of Four Popes.

Not surprisingly, Time’s editors chose Pope Francis as Person Of The Year. However, Edward Snowden arguably would have been the better choice.

A State Department announcement about consolidation of diplomatic posts in Rome has led to the latest round of Obama Derangement Syndrome.

Lindy Boggs, the Louisiana Congresswoman best known to many of us as Cookie Roberts’ mom, has died at the ripe old age of 97.

Even the national sport is arousing the anger of the protesters in Brazil.

Your latest Outrage Of The Day.

We treat violence by lone individuals differently than organized violence. Race, religion, and national origin have nothing to do with that.

Providing a little context for Pope Francis’ background+Erick Erickson needs to learn a little history.

Habemus Papam

Once again, Ron Paul showed last night why he could never win the Republican nomination.

Governor, that analogy does not mean what you think it means.

Is it every appropriate to ask candidates about their religious faith? In some cases, yes it is.

Some people still think Mitt Romney’s religion is a relevant issue.

The debate over “enhanced interrogations” has been renewed by the bin Laden mission, but whether it “worked” or not isn’t the question.

Today’s Foreign Desk includes comments on Brazil’s floods, developments in Ivory Coast, and Silvio Berlusconi’s sex scandal.

Joe Ratzinger, the future pope, lobbied hard against Turkey’s membership in the EU.

In her new book, Sarah Palin puts forward a view of the role of religion in politics that is in direct contrast with America’s own traditions.

The GOP is playing a dangerous game with the anti-Islamic rhetoric that it seems to be courting these days.

Sarah Palin tweeted, and took the wrong side in a story that doesn’t even deserve to be a controversy.