Outside the Beltway

The latest ISIS video is horrible and barbaric but we should not take the bait they are offering before considering the consequences of our actions going forward.

Vladimir Putin’s reception at the G-20 Summit in Australia has been less than warm thanks to recent events in Ukraine.

All of the major sports leagues are trying to stop New Jersey’s efforts to legalize sports gambling. They should not be allowed to succeed.

For the ninth time since 1974, the next Governor of Maine will likely be elected with less than 50% of the vote.

Iraq’s problems cannot be fixed by the United States.

Some words from the past, apparently uttered mere hours before the world changed forever.

No surprises so far.

The English-speaking and Scandinavian countries are very different.

A US-EU free trade zone is a no-brainer. But the devil is in the details.

More problems for the planned 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The saga of Malaysian Air Flight 370 continues to be just weird.

Is 435 the right number?

Once again, a poll shows that large numbers of Americans, and most Americans, reject Evolution via Natural Selection as the explanation for humanity’s origin. How do we explain that?

The Economist reports that “The coffee insurgency” is winning.

The U.S. position on China’s new air defense zone is exceedingly clear. The question is where it goes from here.

We spend more per capita than any other country in the world and yet we are outperformed on a key metric, life expectancy, by a large number of countries

Will this new Australian oil discovery shake up world politics?

The latest revelations about National Security Agency surveillance outside the United States have caused quite an uproar overseas.

The American taxpayer spent a lot of money today paying their employees not to work.

While periodic, strenuous exercise is better than nothing, constant movement is much better for our health.

The architect of President Obama’s re-election campaign is going to work for the Tories.

In response to North Korean saber rattling and the rise of China, Japan is reassessing it’s military posture

Marine Harriers dropped four unarmed bombs into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park last week after missing another target.

The complicated issues surrounding U.S. aid to Egypt.

Shouldn’t medical advances available in Germany be available in the United States and vice-versa?

Ann Coulter: a blonder version of Pat Buchanan

There are factions of the American right that really need to understand this.

Apple has won a huge victory in the smart phone patent wars. If the news reporting is accurate, the outcome doesn’t pass the common sense test.

Since most pedophiles are men, Virgin airlines naturally treats all men as potential pedophiles.