Outside the Beltway

My latest for The National Interest, “Obama Doctrine, Reagan Doctrine,” is out.

Lance Armstrong finally confessed something pretty much everyone assumed was true.

Kevin Drum argues that, “We Don’t Have a Spending Problem. We Have an Aging Problem.”

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander during Operation Desert Storm, has died at the age of 78.

Ross Douthat says American women should stop being decadent and have more babies, explaining that raising children is easier than it used to be, so there’s really no excuse for women to be so selfish.

Fareed Zakaria declares “America’s election process an international embarrassment.” He’s right.

First in a series of posts looking at the substance of the final presidential debate, ostensibly about foreign policy.

The arguments in favor of major changes in the way we elect our President are unpersuasive.

Increasingly, the right of people to speak is being sacrificed in the name of “tolerance” and “security.”

America’s Protestants are dying off and being replaced by non-believers.

Today is the anniversary of a significant turning point in the Civil War.

Seth Mnookin laments a series of embarrassing failures in science writing in recent months but rejoices in the rich dialog that followed.

A day of protests over a film nobody has ever heard of has lead to the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya.

Lance Armstrong joins a long line of the greatest athletes of his generation whose glory was fueled by performance enhancing drugs.

Under German law, this ceremony, which Jews believe dates from the time of Abraham, is now illegal.

While women are more visible at the 2012 Olympics than any past games, there are still cries of “sexism.”

Michael Phelps today won his 18th and 19th Olympic medal, breaking the old record held by gymnast Larysa Latynina. Does this make him the greatest ever?

Wouldn’t it be easier to bury the power lines instead of dealing with storm damage and week-long power outages seemingly every year?

Following yesterday’s shoot-down of a Turkish F-5 by Syria has once again raised the specter of NATO action under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. It’s not going to happen.

Two centuries ago, a war that makes less and less sense with the passage of time began.

The factors influencing Russian policy in Syria are many, and some of them are quite ancient.

There may be only one solution to saving the Euro.

Romney comes down firmly on the guns side of guns and butter.

Michael Fumento becomes the latest prominent conservative to criticize what conservatism has become.

In office less than a day, Francois Hollande has already been forced to admit he can’t withdraw French forces from Afghanistan by the end of the year.

The Wall Street Journal publishes a screed aimed at those about to graduate college.