Outside the Beltway

With the Supreme Court’s decision imminent, many supporters of the PPACA are starting to second guess the Obama Administration’s legal strategy.

The largest group of immigrants to the United States doesn’t come from south of the border anymore.

Another round of threats from North Korea.

There’s a big hole in the latest sanctions against Iran.

Jim Yong Kim is an impressive man. But he’s got no background in banking, finance, or economics.

Over the last decade-plus of war, the US Army has relaxed its promotion and retention standards for commissioned and non-commissioned officers. As we transition into peacetime, the pendulum is swinging the other direction.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

The capacity of some people to look the other way in the face of evil is astounding.

How can we know what happens next in North Korea when we didn’t even know Kim Jong-il had died?

Big news from North Korea.

Just a reminder: Turkey is a NATO ally.

President Obama ended the tradition of native costumes for the APEC Summit.

Barack Obama wrote two bestselling memoirs before becoming president. Both of them are hot items at Foggy Bottom.

Herman Cain’s foreign policy consists of little more than deliberate ignorance.

After a lengthy wait, free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea have been approved by Congress.

A new poll shows that Americans are starting to look East.

Mitt Romney’s jobs plan is detailed, but it doesn’t seem to be impressing anyone.

My latest piece for The Atlantic, “Is the U.S.-European Relationship Really in Decline?” is posted.

The American public is increasingly skeptical of foreign adventurism. Why aren’t our political candidates reflecting that?

44 Republican Senators have already pledged to filibuster John Bryson’s nomination as Commerce secretary.

A few thoughts/historical examples, as to why I am guarded in my optimism on Egypt.

European subsidies have given Airbus a competitive advantage over America’s Boeing in commercial aircraft salesboein. The reverse is true on military aircraft.

With just over a week to go before the 112th Congress convenes, battle lines are already being drawn in battle over the defense budget.

A capsule look at the world situation as 2010 draws to a close.

Sarah Palin waded into the foreign policy pool today with a piece about Iran, and it was about as empty as most of the other ideas on Iran that we’ve heard over the last six years or so from everyone else.

The Senate rejected an effort to limit the extension of the Bush tax cuts based on income level. At this point, the only question is when Democrats will concede defeat on this debate.

The latest Wikileaks revelations suggest that China may not be willing to protect North Korea for much longer.

What sort of response is required to Pyongyang’s ratcheting up of tensions on the Korean Peninsula?

Tensions are on the rise again on the Korean Peninsula after North Korea shelled a South Korean island.

North Korea has unveiled to the world a new nuclear processing facility that puts back on the table the question of just what we should, or can, do about the fact that a rogue state possesses nuclear weapons and wants to build more.

Tom Brokaw notices something peculiar about the campaign debates: Nobody’s talking about Iraq or Afghanistan.

According to Paul Krugman’s latest column, the massive destruction of World War Two was actually good for the U.S. economy. Sadly, there are people who consider him an expert.

More odd developments inside the modern day version of the Hermit Kingdom

Africans are rallying around the Ghanaian World Cup team, putting aside stark differences. Should we be surprised?