Outside the Beltway

The right-wing government in Warsaw has purged more than one-third of the members of the Polish Supreme Court in a crackdown on political opponents.

The Polish Government has amended a controversial law that sought to punish people for discussing the role that some Poles played in the Holocaust.

Some legal scholars are speculating that the Court’s ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop could impact the ruling on the President’s Muslim Travel Ban. This seems unlikely.

In an exceedingly narrow ruling, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception. However, the ruling did not address the broader issues raised by the case.

President Trump has issued another controversial pardon.

Even the United Nations has given up trying to maintain an accurate estimate.

A plurality of Americans aged 18 to 34 have no idea how many people were killed, what Auschwitz was, or how Hitler came to power.

Controversies involving Jimmy Kimmel and “The Simpsons” highlight a perennial question.

A gadfly candidate who has denied the truth of the Holocaust won a GOP primary in Illinois because nobody ran against him.

How ‘tainted’ must a funder be before a charity is obliged to reject the donation?

Elliot Cohen laments the lack of steel in the spine of the statesmen, diplomats, soldiers, and thinkers of the current generation.

Poland’s new Holocaust legislation just keeps sounding worse and worse.

Poland’s President has signed a controversial bill that purports to criminalize any effort to tie Poland to the Holocaust.

Will Joe Arpaio cause the GOP to lose an otherwise winnable Senate race?

The Polish Government appears ready to approve a law that seeks to whitewash the truth about the role that many Poles played in the Holocaust.

The Supreme Court held oral argument in a case that pits First Amendment rights against the rights of LGBT Americans.

The Moore situation illustrates the nonhierarchical nature of US parties. This is nothing new.

Yes, even Nazis must have their rights to peaceful speech and assembly protected.

An assessment of the 45th President’s first 100 days.

As expected, Donald Trump yesterday signed Executive Orders targeting Muslims and refugees.

Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler. But that’s not the standard.

A man who survived great horrors to become a tireless witness for truth and advocate for human rights has passed away.

The cartoonist and student of human psychology is fascinated by the con artist who would be president.

One of the pioneers of the technology revolution of the past four decades has passed away.

Sarah Palin has joined such luminaries as Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, and former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke in endorsing Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim immigration plan.

The Foundation that holds the copyright on one of the most famous works about the Holocaust is seeking to extend their copyright in Europe by naming Otto Frank co-author of his daughter’s published diary.

Give Jeb Bush a DeLorean or a TARDIS and he’ll be traveling back in time to Hitler in no time!

One unqualified outsider with a history of saying outrageous things replaces another unqualified outsider with a history of saying outrageous things, at least according to yet another new poll.

Two new Iowa polls show Ben Carson passing Donald Trump in the Hawkeye State, but that’s not necessarily good news for Republicans.

Ben Carson will spend most of October on a book tour rather than campaigning for President. Further proof that he is not a serious candidate despite his standing in the polls.

Ben Carson has no government experience, he has a history of saying things that don’t seem grounded in reality, and he lacks the resources for a credible campaign. And yet, he’s closing in on Donald Trump in the polls.

In a speech in Florida, Joe Biden spoke about his possible run for the White House, and gave a very big hint that he’s leaning toward staying out of the race.

Congress is set to debate the Iran nuclear deal next month, but as far as Europe is concerned the debate is already over.

Chris Christie says he would ignore states that have legalized marijuana if he became President. Fortunately, he will most likely never be President.

In bringing Holocaust imagery into the debate over the Iran nuclear deal, Mike Huckabee has displayed the intellectual bankruptcy of his position.

A proposed California law would require all students who attend public school to be vaccinated, with limited exemptions for medical reasons.

Disturbing developments on the part of the Ukrainian government.

The Holocaust was a very atypical case of genocide.

Unlike most world leaders, Pope Francis is wiling to call a genocide a genocide.

The First World War played an intriguing role in the birth of the radical Islam we are dealing with today.