Outside the Beltway

Last week’s security breach just became a lot more serious.

Two weeks after it seemed to be tightening, there are signs the battle for control of the Senate may be moving in the GOP’s direction.

WaPo’s Emily Wax-Thibodeaux reports that, “At CIA Starbucks, even the baristas are covert.”

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are pushing back against Apple and Google’s efforts to provide greater privacy to users.. They’re wrong.

There is apparently such a thing as too Jewish.

These segments are usually unfair; they outdid themselves this time.

It would appear that someone needs to introduce the Air Force to Article VI of the Constitution.

Massive US intervention has for now liberated Amerli, averting humanitarian disaster. Another crisis looms.

One analyst thinks that the predictions of a Republican Senate in 2014 are wildly optimistic.

Alabamians like to exclaim, “Thank God for Mississippi.” Perhaps it’s time for that slogan to cross the Pond.

The capital’s paper has issued a partial ban on the controversial nickname of the local NFL franchise.

17-year veteran of the LAPD says, “If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t challenge me.”

The situation in Ferguson, Missouri isn’t calming down.

President Obama doesn’t seem to have any idea what he wants to do in Iraq.

For the second time in just over ten years, the United States is involved in military action in Iraq.

Our non-competitive political system.

In some sense, justice has prevailed.

LTG Michael Flynn says the United States is no safer after 13 years of war

My latest for RealClearDefense: “Senator Walsh’s Unrepresentative Black Mark on Professional Military Education”

Relying on the policies of a man who was President in a very different time is not a substitute for a rational foreign policy.

Another incident involving a Malaysia Airlines 777, but this one could be far more serious.

Health experts are saying we could basically eliminate AIDS, or at least bring it under control, in fifteen years if we do the right things.

It seems improbable, but the national landscape on same-sex marriage is changing so quickly that even the Republican Party may find itself changing faster than some might think.

Rather than being a bad thing, negative campaigning is an essential part of our political system.

Rick Perry and Rand Paul are highlighting what looks to be a coming battle inside the GOP over foreign policy.

Jose Antonio Vargas was brought to the U.S. at the age of 12 and never left. Now, some are suggesting he should be deported as soon as possible.

To some extent, we seem to be becoming overprotective.

Thad Cochran has been officially certified as the winner of the Mississippi GOP Primary Runoff Election, but it’s not over yet.

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.

And odd report from Washington Post and Stars and Stripes.

If current trends holds, Democratic candidates are going to have a problem turning out voters in November.

The evidence is clear. When it comes to the ability to handle foreign crises, the President has lost the public’s confidence.

A committee of journalists who work in the “traditional” media has once again denied press credentials to SCOTUSBlog.

The US Government has deemed the nickname of the capital’s NFL club racially offensive.

Ahmed Abu Kattalah, the alleged ringleader of the September 2012 attack in Benghazi, has been arrested.

Iraq is falling apart for reasons that have nothing to do with President Obama or his policies.

Get ready for a big GOP Leadership fight in the House.

She won’t admit it publicly, but Hillary Clinton didn’t really write her new book.

An unknown Tea Party candidate unexpectedly beat the House Leader in today’s GOP primary.

The people are ready. Is the Supreme Court?

The Virginia DMV is threatening to crackdown on companies providing innovative car services to consumers.

A turning point in public opinion?