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The problem wasn't so much that the tweet was offensive but rather that it was clumsy and lacked context. (AP Photo/Mike Albans)

Beltway Confidential

That errant State Department tweet, explained

Daniel Allott · March 31, 2016 6:03 pm

"Donald Trump represents the No. 1 security threat to the United States today," said foreign policy expert Max Boot. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Is Donald Trump America’s greatest security threat?

Daniel Allott · March 30, 2016 9:10 pm

Amid controversies over lethal injection drugs, several states are in the midst of reintroducing the electric chair as a method of state-sanctioned capital punishment. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

The shocking truth about the electric chair

Daniel Allott · March 29, 2016 4:05 am

Andrew Doran, a senior adviser for In Defense of Christians, discusses the presidential candidates' visions for the future of the region and the four things that need to happen for Christianity not just to survive in the Middle East but to thrive in security and freedom. (AP Photos)

Will Christianity survive in the Middle East? An Interview with Andrew Doran, Part II

Daniel Allott · March 21, 2016 7:03 am

"Secretary [John] Kerry's announcement that what ISIS has done to Christians, Yazidis and others is genocide is significant," Andrew Doran told the Examiner. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Will Christianity survive in the Middle East? An interview with Andrew Doran, Part I

Daniel Allott · March 18, 2016 4:53 pm

"Too many people are in prison for too long, and too often, at a financial cost disproportionate to the enhancement of public safety. Texas has used alternatives to imprisonment to save $3 billion while crime rates have declined," Will writes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

George Will touts criminal justice reform

Daniel Allott · March 17, 2016 5:19 pm

My intention was to visit the mosque, take a photo or two and, if the opportunity arose, ask a Muslim Ethiopian or two for their thoughts on Trump. But I never got the chance. (AP Photo)

A view of Trump, from East Africa

Daniel Allott · March 15, 2016 8:33 pm

The idea that Trump scores will with evangelicals illustrates who identifies as "evangelical" in polls. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong/File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump and the ‘marginalized lukewarm’

Daniel Allott · March 8, 2016 4:16 pm

Mass incarceration is not a myth, unless you believe America should be incarcerating a higher share of its population than any other country in the world. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Is mass incarceration a myth?

Daniel Allott · February 23, 2016 10:02 pm

The Doritos ad depicts a woman being shown an ultrasound of her unborn baby for the first time. Meanwhile, her husband is eating a bag of Doritos and notices that the baby is responding to his hand motions, in an attempt to grab a chip. (Photo courtesy of screen shot)

Beltway Confidential

Ultrasound logic

Daniel Allott · February 9, 2016 11:20 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio asked the audience to think about abortion less as a political or legal issue and more as a human rights and moral one. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Beltway Confidential

Marco Rubio’s brilliant answer on abortion

Daniel Allott · February 7, 2016 1:38 pm

Luis Vargas, who has been in prison for 16 years, reacts in court as he is exonerated Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, in Los Angeles. A judge exonerated Vargas, convicted of three rapes, after DNA evidence linked the crimes to a serial rapist wanted for assaults dating back two decades. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Record number of convicts cleared in 2015

Daniel Allott · February 3, 2016 7:04 pm