Outside the Beltway

Carbon emissions in the U.S. have declined just as use of natural gas in electricity production has increased. That’s no coincidence.

Joe Biden got a little braggadocious last night.

“Can Domestic Policy Affect Income Distribution?” Why, yes, yes it can.

Movie theater snacks are expensive. This is not cause for a lawsuit.

A Federal Judge deals with the clash between individual rights, law enforcement, and technology.

If Republicans keep looking for the next Ronald Reagan, they’re going to be disappointed for many reasons.

Does the state have the right to regulate how many people you invite to your home?

The failure of a solar energy firm in California is raising questions about a centerpiece of the Administration’s economic policy.

Details of the President’s jobs plan are starting to leak out, and they’re not looking impressive.

On paper, the U.S. lost $1.3 billion on the Chrysler bankruptcy, but the true cost is far higher than that.

Contrary to what Senator McCain, seeking realism in military policy does not make one an isolationist.

It has now been 60 days since American involvement in Libya commenced. Congress has failed to act, and that’s their fault.

For as long as the notion of individual rights has existed, one of them has been the sanctity one’s home. As of Thursday, that’s no longer true in Indiana.

The Pew Center is out with a new political typology.

Paul Krugman is disappointed with the President, but it’s really his own fault for being so naive.

The war on childhood fun reaches the East Coast.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak responded to mass unrest by cutting off his people from the outside world. Do we really want an American President to have the same power?

The coalition of voters that propelled Barack Obama to an historic victory in 2008 is seemingly falling apart, and the President is reacting by blaming the voters.

Both the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, impressive as they are, must be understood in terms of not just applied political philosophy, but practical politics as well.

Is our Federal system a mere political compromise? Or were the Founding Fathers visionaries with a plan?

It has never been illegal to wear military medals and uniforms to costume parties or while portraying a soldier in a movie.

A year ago, President Obama was emphatically against raising taxes during the recession — even on the rich.

In Court filings the Obama Administration is arguing that the health insurance mandate is a tax, and if they’re right the legal challenges to ObamaCare are dead.