Outside the Beltway

The Obama campaign’s cheap politicizing of the SEAL raid that took out bin Laden is unseemly. And unnecessary.

Charlie Savage documents a major shift in Barack Obama’s philosophy of presidential authority.

The Atlantic’s Max Fisher reflects on “What America Can Learn From Norway’s Anders Breivik Trial.”

In reality, it probably doesn’t,

The latest round of protests in Afghanistan prove yet again that it’s time for us to leave.

An object lesson in celebrity worship from the State of New Jersey.

The military promotion system does not reward top performers rapidly enough.

While I’ve expressed my dissatisfaction with the degree that CPAC has embraced the worst elements of the conservative movement in recent years, it does appear that there is a line.

Why are all the candidates for president so awful?

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

A far-reaching decision from the Supreme Court protecting religious liberty.

The US intelligence community has more information at its disposal than ever. Unfortunately, it can’t efficiently process it and make the necessary connections.

Many people seem to have a rather inappropriate view of their relationship to the President of the United States.

Ron Paul has a new explanation for those newsletters of his.

Ron Paul doesn’t want to talk about his newsletters now, but he was pretty talkative 15 years ago.

Ron Paul is rising in Iowa, which means he will soon face the scrutiny he’s avoided so far.

A new Gallup poll indicates that it is Big Government, not Big Business, that most concerns the American public.

While unfortunate, the loss of an RQ-170 drone over Iran may not be the intelligence disaster some make it out to be.

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

A new ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals raises a host of questions.

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

An attack against Iran’s nuclear weapons research facility won’t be an easy thing.

Pastor Terry Jones, best known as the “Burn a Koran Day” instigator, is throwing his proverbial hat into the ring.

Herman Cain’s foreign policy consists of little more than deliberate ignorance.

What’s the logic behind Iran’s alleged plot to commit terrorist attacks inside the United States?

Ahead of his big foreign policy speech, Mitt Romney has unveiled his “Foreign Policy and National Security Advisory Team” which “will assist Governor Romney as he presents his vision for restoring American leadership in the world and securing our enduring interests and ideals abroad.”

We’re learning more about the Obama Administration’s decision to kill Anwar al-Awlaki

One in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting.

Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) took to the floor yesterday to lambaste Grover Norquist and his influence over the GOP.

Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.

When the FBI essentially creates a terrorist in order to arrest him, have we really accomplished anything?

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

The U.S. War in Afghanistan sounds disturbingly similar to the Soviet one.

The FBI has been using some odd materials to train its counterterrorism agents.

Accusing someone of “politicizing” a discussion of 9/11 is like accusing someone of “athleticizing” a discussion of football.

Paul Krugman chose to mark the the 10th anniversary of September 11th with an odd blog post.

Not every 10th anniversary of a horrible surprise attack has been treated the same.

Was it wrong for the NFL to schedule its opening Sunday on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks?

The short-lived national unity spawned by the attacks of a decade ago was re-kindled for a few hours as former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush joined with Vice President Joe Biden to honor Flight 93.

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks