Outside the Beltway

If President Trump sends unwanted military force into American cities, the one thing we should not act is surprised.

Defense Secretary Gates hinted this week that the U.S. would stay in Iraq if the Iraqis wanted. It doesn’t seem like they do.

Tom Ricks doesn’t understand why we need an exit strategy in Libya.

Two Senators are proposing a Constitutional Amendment to redefine what it means to be an American citizen.

Moqtada al-Sadr is back in Iraq, and it’s a good thing we’re on our way out.

Anti-Immigrant groups are beginning their assault on the 14th Amendment, but don’t expect it to go anywhere.

Politico runs this morning with the shocking revelation that Keith Olbermann is a Democrat.

American troops in Afghanistan are overindulging in the fast food fare brought in to raise their morale.

Mohandas Ghandi pioneered the idea of non-violent resistance, but there are times and places where non-violence is little more than a ticket to a death camp.

If it’s September, it must be time for Mahmoud Ahmadinjad to stand up before the United Nations General Assembly and say something completely insane.

America’s mission in Iraq is shifting from an active combat role to a smaller security presence. But the war that gripped our attention for years is now off the radar screen.

The average federal government employee earns twice as much as the average private sector worker. An outrage? Not so much.

Senate Republicans want to rethink the 14th Amendment’s automatic citizenship for people born in the U.S.

Will the Wikileaks document dump give even further impetus to the growing sentiment that the United States needs to leave Afghanistan ?

America’s energy habit is getting people killed! What should we do about it?