Outside the Beltway

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The news that at least some of the men who were involved in the terrorist attacks in Paris were among the refugees who have arrived in Europe since the summer is likely to complicate an already complicated situation.

We are legally, morally, and practically obligated to respond. Let’s not do so stupidly.

California’s legislature has approved a bill that would legalize physician assisted suicide in the nation’s largest state.

This is perhaps the silliest idea ever.

Bill and Hillary Clinton have done quite well for themselves of the speaking circuit.

A knowledgeable observer has a dim forecast.

Vladimir Putin’s latest actions seems to have exhausted Germany’s patience.

Vladimir Putin’s reception at the G-20 Summit in Australia has been less than warm thanks to recent events in Ukraine.

Sweden is set to recognize Palestine as an independent state.

Americans have long been lampooned for not speaking a second language. Now our cousins across the Pond are getting it, too.

A nation known for adopting new technology is behind the rest of the world in one interesting way.

It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.

While the world watches Ukraine, Central Asia could also be an area where Russia may seek to expand its territory.

The Justice Department is reportedly not planning to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in connection with the Bradley Manning case.

We spend more per capita than any other country in the world and yet we are outperformed on a key metric, life expectancy, by a large number of countries

President Obama seems to want to forget his red line.

Could anyone have imagined a decade ago a scenario when the United States would go to war with France by our side and England on the sidelines?

Absent DOMA, the Full Faith and Credit Clause would seem to make gay marriage legal across the land.

Not surprisingly, Edward Snowden has been formally charged in connection with the leak of classified NSA documents.

Shouldn’t medical advances available in Germany be available in the United States and vice-versa?

What’s going on in England and Sweden?

Recent comments from an FDA official raise the prospect that the agency is considering minor’s access to caffeinated beverages.

The main who coined the word “meritocracy” meant it as a pejorative term.

Ross Douthat says American women should stop being decadent and have more babies, explaining that raising children is easier than it used to be, so there’s really no excuse for women to be so selfish.

Let’s take a trip back in time to see what some conservatives thought 2012 would look like if Barack Obama were elected President.

Another step in the ongoing diplomatic showdown over the founder of Wikileaks.

The US spends more government money on healthcare per capita than the likes of Germany, France, Canada, Sweden, and Holland!

David Brooks points out that, despite the mythology of America as a land of rugged individuals and Europe as a socialist experiment gone wrong, the amount of social welfare spending is roughly the same.

Censorship or sound business practice?

The problem with Europe may not be the Euro, but the fact that there really aren’t any Europeans.

A smoking gun?

There’s no consensus for European-style social democracy or a Randian libertarian paradise.

After years of fighting inflation, some are now urging the Fed to instead target GDP growth and jobs.