Outside the Beltway

Some thoughts on a column by Roger Noriega on the Obama administration and Latin America,

Just in case there’s any question, yes, Ted Cruz is Constitutionally eligible to serve as President.

Leonard Nimoy, the actor who became a household name as Mr. Spock with the “Star Trek” television series and movies, has died at 83.

In the end, there is no difference between Roy Moore resisting a Federal Court Order related to same-sex marriage and George Wallace’s efforts to block desegregation.

Pope Francis continues his world tour and has issued a paradox from his private jet.

But, hey, don’t worry, there’s nothing racial going on here. Nothing at all.

The latest ISIS video is horrible and barbaric but we should not take the bait they are offering before considering the consequences of our actions going forward.

There’s more to life than politics. Unfortunately, there are many Americans who don’t seem to recognize that fact.

Big victories for advocates of marijuana legalization.

That word may not mean what you think it means.

Not too long ago, Trick Or Treating didn’t mean getting candy produced by large corporations.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

A disappointing setback.

A Google Executive jumps from the edge of space, breaking a record.

The end of an era.

The classic “Tom and Jerry” cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s come with a “racial prejudice” warning from Amazon.

Americans have become deeply cynical about government. To some extent that is a good thing, but it’s reaching unhealthy levels.

Once something that generally benefited Republicans, social issues are now becoming a wedge issue for Democrats.

School.

If current trends holds, Democratic candidates are going to have a problem turning out voters in November.

Once again, conservatives demonstrate how little they understand minority voters.

On Sunday, it’s the Day Of Four Popes.

Have gubernatorial elections become more nationalized?

If something is going to be done about an out of control National Security State, it’ll be because the American people demand it.

Nobody gets the airplane they wanted but at least they’re paying more for the one they’re getting.

Some on the American right have a very odd view of both Nelson Mandela and the Apartheid regime he fought against.

The most important leader to come out of Africa in the 20th Century, and perhaps in all of history, has died.

Guess what’s coming to the dinner table.

Don’t blame Dallas, or 60s era Texas conservatism, for what happened in Dallas 50 years ago,

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed the Senate yesterday but it’s unlikely to go much further.

A case out of New Mexico presents an interesting collision of First Amendment rights and anti-discrimination values.

Does interest in Egypt make the same sense it did 30 years ago?

The high cost of raising children is making it difficult for many Americans to have multiple children.

The military’s finance and accounting system has been dysfunctional for decades and is getting worse.

Military coups used to be far more common than they are today.

The government may soon stop making you turn off your iPad for no apparent reason.