Paul Grenfell nominates this vanity plate of a Volkswagon Beetle (affectionately known as a “Bug”) with vanity plate “Feature”

Taxes on wine, beer, and spirits vary wildly from state-to-state and even within each state.

In an era of incredibly polarized politics and 24/7/365 campaign mode, it’s refreshing to see politicians treat each other as human beings now and again.

SCOTUS has upheld the use of election commissions to draw Congressional district lines.

The events of the past two weeks could allow the Republican Party to move forward.

There’s a lot of pandering and outright nonsense in the wake of the Supreme Court’s legalization of gay marriage.

Debating the proper role of the judiciary.

Andrew Sullivan, perhaps the man most responsible for putting the notion of marriage equality into the national debate, has come out of his blogging retirement to weigh in on yesterday’s historic ruling.

The US Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the U.S. Constitution contains a right to same-sex marriage.

The latest Census data show a changing America.

A Congressman wants to force Supreme Court Justices to get their health care through the ObamaCare exchange.

Matthew Dickinson takes a stab at explaining “Why So Many Republicans Are Running in 2016.”

David Frum calls for several measures to reduce gun violence.

PolitiFact rates President Obama’s claim that other countries don’t have mass shootings at rates comparable to America”Mostly False.”

The Confederate battle flag is suddenly toxic.

The debate is ultimately academic.

The nine-year-old ‘Army Strong’ ad campaign is ended.

Was this simply ordinary intelligence collection? Or something more insidious?

More Democrats are calling themselves “liberal” than they have in years. Republicans, too.

Marine special operations forces have called themselves “Raiders” for years. Now it’s official.

I was on yesterday afternoon’s edition of Federal News Radio’s “In Depth” with Francis Rose discussing my recent piece in The National Interest on military retirement reform.

It could cost you $250 to say “F- Arlington” if you happen to be in Arlington when you say it.

My latest for The National Interest, “America’s Military Needs a New Retirement Plan,” has posted.

The president is getting flack for holding a private party at his house.

A black leader is running a billboard campaign to improve his community. Racism ensues.

Mitt Romney decided not to run in 2016 but he’s very much in the race.

We have unreasonable expectations for airlines.

Jawbone is suing Fitbit for infringing a patent that should never have been granted.

Americans are growing more tolerant of gays and gay marriage, with irrelevant exceptions.

Lee Siegel takes to the NYT to explain “Why I Defaulted on My Student Loans.”

Dave Schuler proposes a “radical idea” to safeguard individual privacy “in the wake of the hacking of Sony and the multiple credit card exploits over the last year or so.”

Humans have been getting progressively bigger, faster, and stronger. Not so horses.

A wealthy alumnus has given Harvard $400 million, sparking a heated debate.

Being required to demonstrate competency in liberal arts to teach is racially discriminatory, a federal judge has ruled.

An Air Force general is bragging about a targeting technique being used against ISIS.

Does an individual’s changed gender identity alter history?

Billionaire wunderkind Elon Musk has had a lot of help from taxpayers.

Don’t believe everything you read in the papers.

The New York Times really, really wants a horse race for the Democratic nomination.

Beau Biden, the former attorney general of Delaware and son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer at the age of 46.

The FCC appears set to “encourage” telephone companies to install robocall blocking technology. Pollsters are panicking.

A woman discharged from the Marine Corps for violating multiple direct orders is fighting to the highest military court.

With 14 candidates vying for the Republican nomination, TV execs are scrambling to make the debates watchable.

There’s a better way to finance news than hiding it behind paywalls.

Lindsey Graham says that, if elected president, he would summarily kill anyone thinking about joining ISIS.

The final episode airs tonight. How will Matt Weiner will wrap it up?

The gang at The Week are surprised that “Only jurors who were open to the death penalty were chosen for the Tsarnaev trial.”