Outside the Beltway

A true, albeit largely anonymous, hero of humanity has passed away.

Donald Trump’s support among African-Americans is at historic lows, and seems unlikely to recover.

Eight years after beating her for the Democratic Nomination, Barack Obama passed the torch to Hillary Clinton with a speech that sounded more like Ronald Reagan than anything we’ve heard from the Republican nominee.

A night of terror mars Bastille Day celebrations in France.

President Obama will leave office as the first two term President who presided over eight years of war. It didn’t start with him and it won’t end with him.

Voters in the United Kingdom are headed to the polls in a vote that will have widespread consequences.

The head of the Federal Reserve tells Congress that the economy is unlikely to enter recession this years, but isn’t exactly going to be booming either.

President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima left just the impression it should have.

Donald Trump’s win last night made him the presumptive Republican nominee, whether Republicans will unify around him is another question.

Putting Donald Trump at the top of the ticket would likely lead to an Electoral College disaster for Republicans.

One of the pioneers of the technology revolution of the past four decades has passed away.

The producer behind a group of music legends has passed away at the age of 90.

A man who helped create a multi-billion dollar a year industry, and some mighty fine wine, has passed away.

Donald Trump appears headed for another victory in South Carolina’s primary.

The Army Chief of Staff and Commandant of the Marine Corps told Congress that women should be required to register for the draft just like men are.

The flagship of the American right is leading the charge against Donald Trump, but it’s not likely to work.

The German Parliament has approved expansion of the nation’s involvement in the campaign against ISIS, but that doesn’t make the current campaign any less incoherent.

Yesterday, the British Parliament debated the expansion of that nation’s military strikes against ISIS. For more than a year, our cowardly Congress has failed to even hold one debate or vote on America’s role in that conflict.

Given his rhetoric, it’s fairly clear that Donald Trump is drawing from a poisonous political well. So there’s no point in failing to acknowledge reality.

We still don’t know very much about Robert Dear, the man who shot and killed three people at the site of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado, but that hasn’t stopped the usual suspects from politicizing the case.

The economy performed a little better than previously reported over the summer. It’s not great, but it’s probably enough to convince the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month.

Remarks by a Democratic politician in Virginia regarding the Administration’s Syrian refugee program have brought up disturbing reminders of a shameful time in American history.

Republicans insist that uttering the words “Radical Islamic Terrorism” is somehow important in the fight against ISIS and other terror networks, but it is entirely unclear what doing so would accomplish.

The news that at least some of the men who were involved in the terrorist attacks in Paris were among the refugees who have arrived in Europe since the summer is likely to complicate an already complicated situation.

The Foundation that holds the copyright on one of the most famous works about the Holocaust is seeking to extend their copyright in Europe by naming Otto Frank co-author of his daughter’s published diary.

Give Jeb Bush a DeLorean or a TARDIS and he’ll be traveling back in time to Hitler in no time!

America’s much touted international coalition against ISIS is, essentially a Coalition In Name Only.

A true legend has passed.

What was promoted as major foreign policy speech by Donald Trump turned out to be more substance-free stream-of-consciousness rambling from an egomaniac.

Marine special operations forces have called themselves “Raiders” for years. Now it’s official.

Once again, only six or seven states are likely to matter.

Like nearly all of his fellow Republicans, Jeb Bush has adopted the disastrous foreign policy views that typified his brother’s Presidency.

Ben Carson will be entering the race for President next month, but don’t pretend for a minute that he’s a serious candidate.

Unlike most world leaders, Pope Francis is wiling to call a genocide a genocide.

Polling indicates that the American public opposes the GOP position on DHS funding, but that’s unlikely to change many minds on Capitol Hill.

The intrepid foreign correspondent and editor Arnaud de Borchgrave has died, aged 88, of cancer.

The terrorism wave that began with the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices has not ended with the killing of the perpetrators. A follow-on attack has occurred in Germany and there are reports of “sleeper cells” being activated in France.

There are again reports of Chinese frustration with the Kim regime in North Korea, but change is unlikely to happen in the DPRK until Beijing is ready to let it happen.

Voter Turnout was lower this year than in any midterm since the one held eleven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The GOP added to its majority in the House, giving it the biggest majority it has had since Truman was President.

Something to keep in mind about the structure of Senate elections.