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Beyond the Beltway: America's Next Sputnik Moment

By David Malcolm (May 25, 2012)

In Hawthorne, California, birthplace of the Beach Boys and just minutes south of Los Angeles International Airport, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is making the... more

Solyndra v. Bain Capital

By David Malcolm (May 14, 2012)

The economy created a disappointing 115,000 jobs in April, and the “official” unemployment rate “dropped” to 8.1 percent (from 8.3%) as a result of more Americans leaving the... more

Beyond the Beltway: POTUS’ SCOTUS Reckoning

By David Malcolm (May 02, 2012)

When a justice you nominated to the Supreme Court, who shares your view of proper constitutional interpretation, tells your Solicitor General that neither she nor the rest of... more

Beyond the Beltway: A Founding Critique

By David Malcolm (Apr 20, 2012)

The contretemps over Obamacare and the outrage in the religious community over the Administration’s forcing contraception and abortifacients down the throats of... more

Obama v. Charlie Sheen – Who's Really Winning

By David Malcolm (Apr 03, 2012)

President Obama’s re-election effort is in full swing, but you wouldn’t know it by the Administration’s recent pronouncements. On issue after issue, even when the... more

Beyond the Beltway: Chips, Salsa, and Child Soldiers

By David Malcolm (Mar 13, 2012)

  Revealing his distorted view on the relationship between faith and politics, at the recent National Prayer Breakfast President Obama exploited Scripture to... more

What's the Matter with California? Everything

By David Malcolm (Mar 01, 2012)

National attention has again been focused on California. President Obama was recently in Los Angeles fundraising with celebrities and movie stars. This past weekend, those... more

Beyond the Beltway: The Great Recession

By David Malcolm (Feb 17, 2012)

The Great Recession is proceeding apace, but it cannot be seen in the undulations of the Dow Industrial average or the housing index. Rather, the more worrisome and dangerous... more

How Obama Lost the Catholic Vote

By David Malcolm (Feb 08, 2012)

Emperors in medieval Christendom often disregarded Papal edicts because the Pope lacked the armies to enforce them. Times have changed. As has been widely reported,... more

Beyond the Beltway: The Obama Promised Land

By David Malcolm (Jan 25, 2012)

According to the New Testament gospel of Matthew, chapter 28, the messiah ascended into heaven, promising to return one day. In 2008, he made good on that promise, descending... more

Beyond the Beltway: A Big Stick President

By David Malcolm (Jan 11, 2012)

The Republican nomination process, presently venued in New Hampshire, comes during a perilous chapter in the nation’s foreign policy. Iraq appears poised to come apart at the... more

Beyond the Beltway: An Up-Ticket Electoral Effect in 2012

By David Malcolm (Jan 04, 2012)

Nebraska senator Ben Nelson’s recent announcement that he is retiring is further bad news for Democrats. After the disastrous 2010 midterms, the GOP’s pickup in NY-9, GOP... more