Outside the Beltway

But from what? Comparing two stories from Tennessee that show our society’s contradictory impulses when it comes to “protecting the children.”

With Donald Trump now destined to become the GOP nominee, some Republican insiders are trying to put together another ‘too little, too late’ strategy to stop him.

With Donald Trump inching closer to a delegate majority with each primary, it’s obvious that GOP insiders have no idea how to stop Donald Trump.

The N.F.L.’s league office is giving up its tax exempt status, but that means far less than the headline implies.

The idea that the N.F.L. “doesn’t pay taxes” is largely false.

The General Accounting Office confirmed what seems clear to anyone who can read a statute.

It wasn’t the Democrats.

Republicans are dismissing talk of impeachment as a Democratic fundraising ploy, but it may be they are protesting just a bit too much.

The Texas Senator is threatening to block any bill dealing with the border crisis that doesn’t defund the relief President Obama granted to children of illegal immigrants last year.

What could possibly go wrong?

Incumbency is a powerful advantage.

Polarization is not the cause of our problems.

Ted Cruz continues to act as if he hasn’t learned his lessons from the shutdown debacle

A budget deal has been reached, now it has to get through both Chambers of Congress.

The Junior Senator from Kentucky does some re-writing of history.

Will the GOP learn the right lessons from the just-concluded showdown? That remains to be seen.

The GOP’s shutdown was about as pointless as a show about waiting for a table in a Chinese restaurant.

They’re back…….

Ted Cruz wants his fellow Republicans to follow him down the rabbit hole again.

Republicans don’t seem willing to let go of the Obamacare issue just yet. But, how long will that actually last?

With key conservatives pushing for sanity, the grown-ups have a chance to take back the GOP.

Ted Cruz is holding the Senate floor “until I can no longer speak,” but he still won’t be able to stop the Senate from going forward.

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is the latest conservative to endorse the foolish idea of a Constitutional Convention.

There seems to be a divide developing between Republican leadership and the Tea Party over the idea of shutting the government down over Obamacare.

A top Republican Senator blasts the plan by some of his colleagues to “defund” Obamacare.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are openly disagreeing with a proposed strategy to threaten a government shutdown if Obamacare isn’t repealed.

No, the NFL isn’t a non-profit. Yes, it pays massive amounts of taxes.

The Senate moved last night to end the airport delays caused by furloughing air traffic controllers.

The prospects for gun control appear to be dimming.

Chuck Hagel will be confirmed, but the campaign against him tells us much about the current state of Republican foreign policy

Guess who’s back?

As we approach the fiscal cliff, there are signs that House Republicans may not be as rigid as they were the past two years.

Do fiscal conservatives realize they’re being sold a bill of goods?

It would be nice if people who make authoritative decisions had some idea what they are talking about.