Outside the Beltway

Neil Munro acted like a jerk, but Barack Obama needs to be more open to questions than he has been.

The President’s Cabinet is less a Team Of Rivals and more a Team Of Managers.

The official portrait of George W. Bush, the 43rd president, was unveiled at the White House yesterday. The ceremony was a rare display of political humor and grace.

Yes, it is too hard to amend. A few quick thoughts on the subject.

For the first time in 68 years, neither major party candidate for President has served in the military. Does this matter?

Michael Fumento becomes the latest prominent conservative to criticize what conservatism has become.

Is Mitt Romney the least experienced major-party presidential nominee since1940?

Time to prepare yourself for the incoming deluge of polling.

Joe Biden got a little braggadocious last night.

No, the Obama Administration is not plotting to nationalize the economy in the name of some “national emergency.”

Voter ID laws are a good idea, but we have to be careful in how we implement them.

Why should lying about having served in combat or been awarded a medal for valor should be legally different from lying about athletic prowess in high school, the number of sexual partners you’ve had, or the size of one’s sex organs?

Rick Santorum’s stump speeches have becoming increasingly dark.

David Frum begins a withering review for The Daily Beast, “Charles Murray’s Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 is an important book that will have large influence. It is unfortunately not a good book.”

Yes, the US Constitution has been the most successful such document in human history. That does not mean it is a good template for other countries.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had some advice on Constitution drafting for Egyptians

Not surprisingly, Republicans are trying to reverse the automatic cuts to defense spending agreed to in August.

Another weak GDP report that portends stagnation ahead.

Last night’s State Of The Union Address contained another unfortunate example of the prevalence of militaristic rhetoric in domestic politics.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

Mitt Romney is making claims about Naval readiness that are, at best, misleading.

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

Are their cultural reasons for America’s obesity problem?

Understanding the outrageous.

Not surprisingly, most of the Republican candidates for President aren’t too keen on reducing the excessive growth in Executive Branch power.

In a year-end fundraisers, VDARE’s founder wished Paul had “defened his letters on the basis of truth.”

Where is the economy headed? The signals are mixed at best.

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

The memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor is, inevitably, fading into history.

Some good news in the November jobs report, but not very much of it.

Expect plenty of GOP infighting if President Obama is re-elected next November.

With the Super Committee dead, 2012 is likely to see a fight over the defense cuts set to take place starting in 2013.

Why we shouldn’t be surprised that police are using tools of violence against protestors.

The most disturbing part of Saturday’s debate came when most of the GOP candidates endorsed torture.

Last night, most of the leading Republican candidates for President acted as if Europe was on another planet.

The CIA’s drone war in Pakistan has gotten so out of hand that the Pentagon and State Department are reigning it in.

Should we be outraged over the manner in which Muammar Gaddafi died? I’m not losing any sleep over it.