Outside the Beltway

For the first time in 68 years, neither major party candidate for President has served in the military. Does this matter?

Nicholas Katzenbach, a central figure in the civil rights fights of the 1960s, has died.

Some Navy SEALs are weighing in on the brouhaha.

The Obama campaign’s cheap politicizing of the SEAL raid that took out bin Laden is unseemly. And unnecessary.

Should the United States Navy name a ship after martyred gay activist Harvey Milk? This is not a rhetorical question.

According to some historians, a President isn’t truly great unless he involves America in a bloody and destructive war.

Andrew Exum believes the Army should “get rid of all medals not related to valor or campaign-specific service.”

Far from being deterimental, there is a case to be made that SuperPACs have actually expended democracy during this election cycle.

We’re literally choosing locking up drug offenders over investing in our children.

An lesson from the United Kingdom in the importance of protecting freedom of speech.

The latest round of protests in Afghanistan prove yet again that it’s time for us to leave.

As they did four years, ago the New York Giants will get a parade in New York City today. Some are wondering when Iraq War vets will get theirs.

American politics is as polarized as ever, and it shows no signs of changing regardless of who wins in November.

Mitt Romney is making claims about Naval readiness that are, at best, misleading.

The truth about a Second Obama Term is that it likely wouldn’t be all that remarkable.

Mitt Romney made a suggestion about how to fix our campaign finance system. It’s a good idea.

Michael Hastings has yet another credulous story attempting to smear the United States military.

When did serving your country become something political opponents attacked you for?

Last night, Ron Paul decided it was a good idea to bring back the ghosts of the Vietnam War era.

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

82nd Airborne solider David Hickman was the 4474th American serviceman killed in Iraq. He should be the last.

After 3,193 days and more than 4,000 lives, the American war in Iraq is officially at an end.

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

Looking at the intellectual jumble that is the mind of Newt.

Why we shouldn’t be surprised that police are using tools of violence against protestors.

The most disturbing part of Saturday’s debate came when most of the GOP candidates endorsed torture.

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

The Republican candidates for President have been mostly silent about foreign policy issues. That changes starting tonight.

If Occupy protestors getting hit by cars in two cities is the beginning of a trend, so is a second Iraq War veteran being seriously injured by police during the Occupy Oakland protestors.

Andy Rooney, best known to recent generations as the cranky old man at the end of “60 Minutes,” has died at 92.

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

This is looking less crazy, less sudden, and less an exercise in presidential whimsy than it seemed.

The Occupy Wall Street movement faces obstacles its Tea Party counterpart didn’t.

American has real economic and social problems. But the solution in on Capitol Hill, not Wall Street.

Even those sympathetic to the causes are frustrated with the squalor and other negative externalities of the protests.

Are the worries about China overtaking the United States realistic?

Protestors have converged on DC, rallying against Afghanistan, Wall Street, and stuff.

It turns out there are some jobs immigrants will do, but Americans won’t

Does America have a social contract? If so, is it broken?

Far from being an existential crisis, the recent rise in public distrust in government is easily explained.