Outside the Beltway

Congress seems ready to avoid having to vote on expanded attacks against the Islamic State

Even with the passage of time, Watergate remains a singularly important event in American history

Scottish independence may be more likely than many think.

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

Recent polls notwithstanding, Republicans and Democrats remain largely in lockstep when it comes to U.S. policy toward Israel.

There’s a new round of allegations about American spying on Germany.

More than any other language, English words are being adopted, and transformed, by other languages.

Reflections on a story making the rounds this Independence Day.

Obama is the worst President since FDR died? Only if you believe a mostly worthless poll.

While the world watches Ukraine, Central Asia could also be an area where Russia may seek to expand its territory.

Not surprisingly, Bill Clinton is the most admired recent President according to a new poll, but his predecessor seems to be underrated.

Some Republicans apparently think the key to their future lies in the past.

Once ubiquitous, checks are disappearing as a means of payment.

For the fourth time in 30 years, an American President spoke at Normandy to honor a day of sacrifice and triumph.

The President’s second speech to the Corps of Cadets is a vast improvement over the first.

Once again, President Obama’s attempt to communicate a foreign policy vision falls short.

Today’s foreign-policy disputes rarely consider the way America’s response to one crisis might affect another.

The European far right has found a friend in an unlikely place.

A new poll indicates that most Americans don’t want to see the United States intervening overseas.

Open mouth, insert foot.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s choices in home decor raise an interesting question.

The current Congress is on pace to pass fewer laws and bills than any since the end of World War II. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

March’s Jobs Report was about as uplifting as the numbers in the past.

Have gubernatorial elections become more nationalized?

A Jewish-American OSS hero has been denied the nation’s highest military honor.

Staff Sergeant William Guarnere, made famous by the “Band of Brothers” miniseries, has died aged 90.

My latest for The National Interest, “Hagel’s Defense Cuts: The Least Bad Choice,” is out.

The bizarre conservative love affair with Vladimir Putin continues.

President Obama is rewarding unqualified hacks who raised huge sums for his campaign with ambassadorships.

Why do we persist in going to war?

The IDF has finally put a woman in command of a battalion. They’re decades behind American forces.