Outside the Beltway

Ben Carson will be entering the race for President next month, but don’t pretend for a minute that he’s a serious candidate.

Many of America’s top law firms have declined to accept cases defending bans on same-sex marriage, and that’s okay.

A new survey suggests that fewer Americans lack health insurance than at any time since that number was first measured.

Australia has an interesting new idea about how to encourage parents to vaccinate their children.

Marco Rubio is the first Republican in the race who actually has a plausible chance to win the nomination, but it’s not going to be easy.

Unlike most world leaders, Pope Francis is wiling to call a genocide a genocide.

Time the Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

So, she’s in.

Legislators in Tennessee have taken the “gun rights” argument further than it was ever intended to go.

His poll numbers are down, the GOP base is not hospitable, but Chris Christie still seems to be thinking about running for President.

The Heifer the Hills Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

I’m not sure this is a concern that rises to the level of an article at The Atlantic.

Fox News’ Catherine Herridge is creating a scandal where none exists.

A new poll suggests that the American public does not support laws that give religious exemptions to businesses that want to discriminate based on sexual orientation.

To the surprise of few, Hillary Clinton is running for President

One freshman Senator seems to think that war with Iran would be easy, just like Republicans used to think that war against Iraq would be easy.

An unsurprising outcome as we approach the second anniversary of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.

Rand Paul has changed position on several foreign policy issues, but he doesn’t seem to want to talk about it.

Thanks to one civilian with a camera, a police officer is facing charges in what appears to clearly be an improper shooting.

Rand Paul is the latest Republican to enter the race, but his path to even becoming a contender is a difficult one at best.

Democrats like New York Senator Chuck Schumer could end up being the ones that scuttle the Iranian nuclear deal.

One Missouri legislator is going on a crusade against a “problem” that may not actually exist.

Scott Walker’s response to the Iranian nuclear deal is perhaps the most irresponsible so far.

A bill pending in Louisiana seems likely to become the next national focus in the debate between marriage equality and claims of ‘religious freedom.’

The political media is breathlessly reporting on every event in a campaign that is just beginning, and voters aren’t really paying attention to it at this point.

A review of Rolling Stone’s now discredited report of a sexual assault at the University of Virginia reveals a shocking failure of journalistic ethics.

Another case of teenagers ‘sexting,’ another dumb overreaction by law enforcement.

A federal judge has ordered the people of California to foot the $100,000 bill for sexual reassignment surgery for someone serving a life sentence for murder.

The Iranian nuclear accords are barely 24 hours old and some people have already made up their mind about them.

The US economy added 126,000 jobs, much less than the guess of 244,000.

Talks in Geneva have reached a framework agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear program that, if it’s complied with, appears at first glance to be about the best deal available under the circumstances.

Jeb Bush is leading the latest poll of the 2016 Republican race and Ted Cruz has surged since he entered the race, but the race is just beginning.

Indiana’s RFRA will be amended to address most of the concerns of its opponents. That counts as a victory.

Some Republicans are trying to move their party in the right direction on marriage equality, but it’s unclear if they will succeed in the short term.

As expected, New Jersey’s senior Senator has been indicted.

The Justice Department will not pursue contempt charges against Lois Lerner because it has determined that she did not waive her rights under the Fifth Amendment.

New polling on President Obama’s opening to Cuba is likely to surprise some, and disappoint others.

Rand Paul has been cozying up to social conservatives lately, but he risks alienating the people most likely to support his campaign for the White House.

A tale of Kafkaesque torture by Comcast Customer Service reveals that the person who really made the mistakes here was the homeowner.

We’re down to debating whether bigots should have to sell cakes to gay people.