Outside the Beltway

A surprise Friday resignation at the CIA.

If the Romney campaign looked shocked on Election Night, that’s because they didn’t believe the polls either.

Why I supported Mitt Romney despite his constant flip-flopping, fibbing, and fecklessness.

If you thought the War On Terror might be over, think again.

Like the men who came before him, Barack Obama has vastly increased the powers of his office. Someone should have asked him about that last night.

Romney needs a far better answer to the Bush question.

Osama’s driver, who was convicted of only technical crimes, has had his conviction overturned on a technicality.

Mitt Romney is once again making completely false claims about the status of the United States Navy.

Mitt Romney’s speech at VMI today was billed as a major foreign policy address, but it was incredibly light on substance.

There is nothing wrong with healthy skepticism (which is different than outright denialism).

My latest for The New Republic, “America’s Scandalous Drone War Goes Unmentioned in the Campaign,” is out.

Mitt Romney is a deeply flawed candidate, but that doesn’t mean the President is any better.

The Administration’s decision to stick with the meme that the Benghazi attack was about a movie becomes more puzzling.

It’s still possible for Mitt Romney to win this election, but is it probable?

The Occupy movement began one year ago today. It’s no surprise that it ended up being a failure.

The Romney campaign’s critique of the President’s foreign policy record is weak, and based on bad history.

Based on its recently passed platform, the Democratic Party has given up any pretense of putting civil liberties ahead of “national security.”

When it comes to issues like medical marijuana, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are reading from the same playbook.

If we are going to assess the “Reagan Question” then methinks some data would be helpful.

Do fiscal conservatives realize they’re being sold a bill of goods?

The Obama campaign clearly does not want Americans to consider whether they are better off now than they were four years ago.

Mitt Romney left one crucial piece out of his speech last night.

Condoleeza Rice’s first trip onto the political stage was very successful last night. Where will she go from here?

Left with a choice between their hawkish foreign policy and their supposed commitment to fiscal conservatives, Republicans will, without fail, spend the nation into debt.

To much fanfare, President Obama announced a shift in Afghan War policy in December 2009. There’s little evidence it’s worked.

The candidates aren’t talking about the war in Afghanistan very much, but that’s mostly because the American people don’t want them to.

Todd Akin says he will continue to be the Republican nominee for United States Senate from Missouri.

Two groups of former special operations soldiers are opposing Obama. Their military bonafides are not their most interesting credentials.

Think the auto bailout was a success? Think again.

At some point, however, using the bad actions of the past to justify worse actions in the present has to stop.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

The Romney campaign went on television to address the Bain issue, but again they just seem to have muddied the water.

The Bush tax cuts were much more progressive than you probably think.

What does the US Constitution actually provide in terms of guidance for governance?

It’s never a good thing when an Administration is investigating itself.

Congress has found Eric Holder to be in contempt. I am not entirely sure what that accomplishes.

From one Nobel Peace Prize winner to another.

More evidence of the extent to which Members of Congress have profited from the inside information they receive.

Fast and furious, or a lot of sound and fury signifying not too much?

President Obama’s immigration policy shift is legal, it’s good policy, but bypassing Congress won’t solve our immigration problems.