Outside the Beltway

Keynes and uncertainty about the the future: about childlessness or philosophical assumptions?

A new poll shows that 62% of Americans oppose American military intervention in Syria’s civil war.

The wacko fringe of the GOP is increasingly finding room in the mainstream of the party.

President Obama may regret drawing a line in the sand over Syrian chemical weapons.

Has Bashar al-Assad crossed the red line drawn by President Obama? And does it matter?

There seems to be an effort underway to reassess the legacy of our 43rd President.

In a chaotic week, one source of chaos was remarkably quiet.

The odds that any of the Senators who voted no on Manchin/Toomey will pay a political price for doing so is low.

A preventative strike against North Korea is a bad idea.

Whether in the blogosphere or on television, people are increasingly only accessing sources of news and opinion that confirm their pre-conceived ideas.

Revisiting an old posting of mine on the subject.

Officials in the Japanese city of Yokohama mistakenly announced the launch of a North Korean missile to 40,000 followers on Twitter.

The Dakota Tribal Wisdom Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Our current approach isn’t working.

My latest for The National Interest, “Hagel’s Three Questions,” ponders our national security decisionmaking.

So what, exactly, is going on in North Korea? And how should we respond to Kim’s bluster?

The Army has war gamed a conflict to secure a failed North Korea. It would not be a cakewalk.

The Bibbidy Bobbidy Boo Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Things are heating up on the Korean Peninsula again.

North Korea has conducted its third test of a nuclear weapon.

North Korea’s latest provocations may be testing the patience of their patrons in Beijing.

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.

Richard Lugar puts in a word for compromise and good governance on his way out of the Senate.