Outside the Beltway

We, as a country, need to remember that do not hold levers that allow us to move events this way or that

Mitt Romney made a suggestion about how to fix our campaign finance system. It’s a good idea.

Rick Santorum’s foreign policy positions are troubling in many respects.

Rick Santorum has some bizarre views when it comes to the dispute between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Mitt Romney said the other day that the 2012 Election is about “the soul of the country.” This is most assuredly not true.

Vehement disagreement with the policy views of a country and prejudice based on immutable traits are not the same.

A comment on the commentariat.

Iowa Republicans fear that a Ron Paul win on Jan. 3rd will destroy the credibility of their caucuses.

How much should Paul’s newletter and his questionable associations matter?

Yesterday’s encounter between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich was less than it could have been.

Newt Gingrich’s comments about Palestinian nationhood came up during last night’s debate.

Once again, Newt Gingrich speaks without thinking.

Just a reminder: Turkey is a NATO ally.

There’s a little historical revisionism going on on the right.

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

The protesters have returned to Tahrir Square, and so has the violence.

We’re running out of excuses.

It’s hard to see how Newt Gingirch can remain a viable candidate given his past

Huntsman will gain little if any traction and none of the frontrunners really helped or hurt themselves.

The Secretary of Defense has some words of warning for those advocating military action against Iran.

Obama to Sarkozy on Netanyahu: “You’re sick of him — but I have to deal with him every day!”

An attack against Iran’s nuclear weapons research facility won’t be an easy thing.

It’s time for another round of speculation about Iran and its nuclear program.

Would Republicans really be crazy enough to nominate Herman Cain?

President Obama is being attacking from the right for following through on a policy decision made by his Republican predecessor.

What’s the logic behind Iran’s alleged plot to commit terrorist attacks inside the United States?

The Justice Department claims to have disrupted a major Iranian-backed terrorist attack in the United States.

The key to my understanding of Mitt Romney’s foreign policy rollout is the assumption “this is fundamentally a campaign document rather than a governing platform.”

Judging them by their own manifesto, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are pretty silly people.

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

We may have entered a new and dangerous phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

If you’re interested in knowing how the candidates would handle a foreign policy crisis, last night’s debate was mostly unhelpful.

President Obama explained his position on the Palestinian statehood resolution today, but one wonders if anyone listened.

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

Foolishly, the Palestinians are going forward with their effort to get Palestinian statehood recognized by the United Nations.

Businessman Bob Turner (R) defeated state Assemblyman David Weprin (D) in the special election for the House seat held by former New York Rep. Anthony Weiner (D). State Sen. Mark Amodei (R) beat state Treasurer Kate Marshall (D) in a special election for the House seat left open by Sen. Dean Heller (R), who was appointed to replace Sen. John Ensign (R).