Outside the Beltway

There was now snow on the ground in every single one of the 50 states — including Hawaii, which had snowfall on one of its volcanoes — except for Florida.

By this point in the last presidential cycle, there were already 14 major party candidates who had publicly announced. There are zero today.

Sarah Palin released a statement today about the Arizona shootings and the debate that has followed. It’s unlikely to help her.

What happens if Southern Sudan’s independence referendum succeeds?

Social conservatives are upset with CPAC again. This time, it’s because the conference they’re not attending has invited someone they don’t like.

The Supreme Court’s refusal to take up the appeal of a far-reaching Commerce Clause case may indicate rough times ahead for challenges to ObamaCare

Faced with mounting debt, the lame duck Illinois legislature rushed through a massive tax hike in the wee hours this morning.

Defying logic, New York City taxis are least available when they’re most needed: as people are getting off work.

The All Problems Look Like Nails Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

UQ’s Thoreau makes a compelling point: “Usually people blame the 2nd amendment for a mass shooting. This time they’re blaming the 1st. But why not all the others?”

Wondering why CATO doesn’t rail against big business is like demanding to know why NARAL doesn’t spend more time advocating for the plight of stray cats or why PETA doesn’t seem to care about the homeless.

Much like Jon Stewart, the late-night comedian went out-of-character at the top of last night’s show to talk about the shootings in Arizona.

Yet more ridiculous political commentary arising out of the tragic shootings in Arizona.

The political firestorm that has erupted in the wake of the shootings in Arizona is drifting, inevitably, into calls for more government control over the content of speech.

Jared Loughner could have possibly been stopped, and treated, if someone had said something.

The relationships between inflammatory rhetoric and political violence is complicated.

Are we in the year twenty eleven or the year two thousand eleven.

The sitting RNC chairman is losing to a field of no-name candidates. Is he actually the favorite?

While our politics are seldom violent, our violence is often politicized.

Palin is missing an opportunity in the way she is dealing with the whole target graphic situation.

We really need a better understanding of mental health disorders in this county, and events like those over the weekend underscore this fact.

While I support a college playoff, there’s an argument to be made for the integrity of the regular season.

There’s a lesson to be drawn from the tragedy in Arizona, but it isn’t the one the media is talking about.