Outside the Beltway

The blatant stoking of irrational fear as campaign politics.

Yesterday’s test of the Presidential Alert system went about as planned.

Donald Trump’s trade war is helping China expand its diplomatic influence.

Your phone won’t be beeping on Thursday after all.

Be prepared to get a test message from the Federal Government at 2:18 pm Eastern Time on Thursday. This is only a test.

President Trump is alienating our allies and making friends with dictators, and the world is responding as you might expect they would.

President Trump reportedly trashed the NATO alliance in conversations at the G-7 Summit, something that should make Russian President Vladimir Putin quite happy.

President Trump once said that “trade wars are good and easy to win.” It’s only been three months since he started this war and we’re already finding out just how wrong he is about that.

Argumentation without the intent to persuade is masturbation, not journalism.

The Supreme Court has declined an invitation to intervene early in the legal arguments surrounding DACA.

My latest for RealClearDefense.

The Senate has passed an amendment to a military spending bill that would require women to register for the draft.

It’s been suggested that subjecting women to a possible draft would make leaders less likely to go to war. Unfortunately, there’s no reason to believe this is true.

The Army Chief of Staff and Commandant of the Marine Corps told Congress that women should be required to register for the draft just like men are.

France’s President blames ISIS, vows response, as death toll from Paris terror attacks stands at at least 127.

Not surprisingly, a law passed in the wake of the September 11th attacks has been used mostly for things that have nothing to do with terrorism.

As talk begins of expanding the war against ISIS into Syria, it is becoming long past time for Congress to exercise its Constitutional function.

Rand Paul calls Mitt Romney out over his comments about Presidential War Powers.

No, the Obama Administration is not plotting to nationalize the economy in the name of some “national emergency.”

Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. believes the Congress is “in rebellion” and therefore President Obama should exercise extraordinary constititutional means” to implement a massive jobs plan.

How a six hour long dispute over scheduling demonstrates yet again that Barack Obama isn’t up for the fight.

The 60 day deadline for Presidential discretion under the War Powers Act will expire next week. Congress won’t do anything about it.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak responded to mass unrest by cutting off his people from the outside world. Do we really want an American President to have the same power?

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels appears to be quietly putting together the beginnings of a campaign for President of the United States. Don’t count him out by any means.