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Articles by John McCaslin

Inside the Beltway

We're told singer Pat Boone will be stopping by the White House on Wednesday among his personal appointments while in Washington this week.

July 16, 2008

Inside the Beltway

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's official 2008 presidential campaign Web site remains open for business, so to speak.

July 15, 2008

Inside the Beltway

Texas congressman and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul scared the britches off everybody in the House last week when expressing "grave concern" for America's future.

July 14, 2008

Inside the Beltway

He never got his wish to be president in 2004, but Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean seems as if he's playing the part.

July 11, 2008

Inside the Beltway

"Wonder if he'll be able to write with any objectivity about Gruyere cheese?" quips one-time Washington and Dallas journalist Timothy A. O'Leary, who writes these days from his office in Switzerland.

July 10, 2008

Inside the Beltway

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 bid for the White House was "the worst campaign ever," but don't look for the New York senator to disappear from the national stage, says pollster Frank Luntz.

July 9, 2008

Inside the Beltway

That's former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, who recently blasted one-time boss George W. Bush by saying the president relied on "propaganda" to sell the Iraq war, still leading a video tour of the West Wing posted on the official White House Web site.

July 8, 2008

Inside the Beltway

It appears a new generation of Americans living outside the ring around the nation's capital do not wish to defile their automobiles with political bumper stickers, let alone discuss politics.

July 7, 2008

Inside the Beltway

Washington lawyer Christopher C. Horner passes along a humorous story surrounding his visit Wednesday to Brooks Brothers clothiers on Connecticut Avenue Northwest.

July 4, 2008

Inside the Beltway

Being a bodyguard to visiting Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas carries its privileges almost all would agree.

July 3, 2008

Inside the Beltway

Britain's Prince Charles is getting purrs from PETA after banning foie gras from royal menus and instructing chefs at his official residences to stop serving the delicacy.

July 2, 2008

Inside the Beltway

U.S. intelligence officials are said to be perturbed that the New York Times published on Sunday, June 22 the name of a former CIA official involved in the interrogation of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and other terrorists.

July 1, 2008

Inside the Beltway

Obama is the "New Reagan." So insists the headline above an opinion piece sent to Inside the Beltway by Diane Winston, professor of journalism at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and holder of the Knight Chair in Media and Religion.

June 30, 2008

Inside the Beltway

Former Catholic University student Rose Sezniak this week made her triumphant return to Washington — to the National Theatre, no less — having earned a starring role in the Broadway musical "Mamma Mia!" featuring the songs of the Swedish group ABBA.

June 27, 2008

Inside the Beltway

Children are famous for making excuses. Now Marc Morano, minority communications director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, forwards an alarming article written by a fourth-grade student correspondent.

June 25, 2008

Inside the Beltway

Four area World War II veterans are among those being honored this weekend by a society in France dedicated to remembering America's sacrifices on behalf of the French.

June 24, 2008

Inside the Beltway

Rep. Tim Murphy, Pennsylvania Republican, noting that oil and gas prices are climbing to record highs and families are struggling to make ends meet, sums up floor action in the U.S. Congress last week. "Well, we voted on monkeys. Yes, we voted to prohibit you from driving a monkey across state lines," the none-too-pleased congressman informed the country.

June 23, 2008

Inside the Beltway

That was no ordinary guest chaplain leading prayer in the U.S. Senate this week. Indeed, "Father Pomerleau" is the brother-in-law of Sen. Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont.

June 20, 2008

Inside the Beltway

This summer's crowning of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama as the country's first African-American presidential nominee will no doubt generate significant headlines around the world.

June 19, 2008