Outside the Beltway

So far, the Republican House’s effort to cut back Federal spending isn’t very impressive.

America is about to enter a third war in the Muslim world with no clear idea of the end game.

Public support for the war in Afghanistan continues to plummet, but will that hurt the President when 2012 rolls around?

While there are doubtless flaws with the journalistic values and culture of the New Media, we too often contrast today with a Golden Age of Media that never existed.

All of the plausible Republican contenders for 2012 have significant downsides.

The top ranks of the military are whiter and decidedly more male than the country as a whole. Should that change?

Intervening to “help” the Libyan revolt is very tempting, but it’s a temptation we ought to resist.

The Supreme Court rules that “offensiveness” does not trump the First Amendment. And they’re right.

The most likely cuts in federal spending are likely to actually increase the deficit over time.

LTC Michael Holmes, the fellow who accused LTG William Caldwell of ordering him to perform psychological operations on Members of Congress, is not trained in psyops.

Nine years into a war that seems to be without end, it’s time to declare victory and go home.

Did a unit in Afghanistan engage in an IO operation against U. S. senators?

Tweeting feels like IM’ing but it’s more like blogging.

We need to remember who actually sets the budget and, further, who is ultimtately responsible for the behavior of politicians.

Ezra Klein dubs the Federal government “an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.”

Ron Paul has won the CPAC straw poll for a second straight year. But YAF has voted him off its board over his opposition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

President Obama’s approval numbers have dropped 9 points since the Egypt crisis broke out.

The US has limited influence over events in Egypt–something that recent history should underscore (although not everyone appears to understand this fact).

The GOP is facing a battle between its fiscal conservatism and i’s military adventurism.

The initial instant reaction to the President’s speech last night was largely positive, but does it really matter?

The Beast has released its The 50 Most Loathsome Americans of 2010, which I gather is supposed to be amusing rather than taken seriously.

Time for midterms.

America’s foremost tax foe has weighed in on the Afghanistan War debate.

The American military personnel system works against keeping the best and brightest officers in the service.

Does NATO membership serve a strategic purpose?

With just over a week to go before the 112th Congress convenes, battle lines are already being drawn in battle over the defense budget.

A capsule look at the world situation as 2010 draws to a close.

Unless you paid close attention, you probably missed most of the coverage of the war in Afghanistan in 2010.

Is Sarah Palin really against child nutrition? Or just taking cheap shots at Michelle Obama?

One has to love the Telegraph headline “Drone kills white al-Qaeda pair in Pakistan mountains.”