Outside the Beltway

The Establishment opposition to the current frontrunner has little to do with his policy ideas.

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.”

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

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

Why was the ATF allowing thousands of weapons to be smuggled to Mexican drug gangs?

Under new policies, deportation efforts will be concentrated on people who pose a threat to society. It’s a sensible policy, so of course it’s being denounced.

The defense spending lobby is already engaging in fear-mongering over very modest defense cuts.

The cuts to Pentagon spending in the new debt deal are further revealing a split in the GOP over foreign policy and military spending.

One U.S. Senator wants to bring elements of the TSA’s security theater to America’s rail system.

Here’s how terrorists get past airport security: don’t bother to go through it.

The commander-in-chief, secretary of defense, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all support removing the ban on gays in the military without further delay. A long-awaited Pentagon study showed no reason not to do so. But three of four Service chiefs disagree.

In an effort to combat illegal file sharing, the US Department of Homeland Security is seizing domain names.

It’s not hypocritical or racist to support an aggressive pursuit of terrorists while getting outraged over abuses of Americans’ liberties.

Is the TSA groping passengers to force them into using intrusive scanners for which they’ve committed $173 million?

Unless there’s an emergency, is it proper for representatives who have been defeated in a mid-term election to be voting on controversial legislation?

It appears that full body scanners, operated by leering yahoos under the cover of government authority, may finally be rousing the sheep who have meekly submitted to the absurd delays and indignities that have been piled on since 9/11 and sundry botched attempts.

Former Congressman Bob Barr argues that the right should not be so eager to rehabilitate George W. Bush. He’s right.

Both Congress and the Obama Administration have stepped up enforcement of immigration laws–at immense cost to both the budget and the courts.

Taking a short trip back in time via Instapundit’s archives reveals a September 11th post that turned out to be prophetic.

The Iroquois lacrosse team has been caught in a classic Catch-22. The U.S. government won’t recognize their passports and they won’t use U.S. passports as a matter of principle.