Outside the Beltway

A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.

Focusing on Edward Snowden is largely a waste of time.

The traditional tools used by hiring managers to find employees don’t work.

An absolutely ridiculous criminal case out of West Virginia.

Did President Obama’s comments about taking a tough stand on military sexual assault constitute “undue influence” on specific cases? One military judge says that they did.

The GOP seems to be making the same mistakes that led to defeat in 2012.

The IRS spent $50 million on 225 employee conferences. What did the taxpayer get in return?

Facebook billionaire Sean Parker wanted an elaborate wedding based on the Lord of the Rings and wasn’t going to let little things like the law or some environmental damage stop him.

A weird story from rural Alabama.

If there’s one thing that our generals and admirals agree on it’s that generals and admirals should retain their power.

Eric Holder’s testimony before Congress is leading to accusations of perjury, but the argument that he did so seem pretty weak.

Republicans should reject the calls to call for a Special Prosecutor to investigate the unfolding scandals in Washington.

Homicide rates are on pace to be lower than they were at the start of the 20th Century.

Almost no one can confidently explain, let alone define, the specifics of the 501(c)4 designation.

A generation of kids with massive student loans and no prospects is bad news for the status quo.

Republicans looking to Benghazi for political ammunition are likely going to be disappointed.

The world oil markets aren’t too far away from being hit by the shock of massively increased demand from China. Somehow, we’ll have to adapt.

John McCain’s problems in 2008 went far beyond an economic crisis.

The CIA unsuccessfully lobbied to put Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the eldest of the Boston Marathon bombers, on the counterterrorism watch list in 2011.

Because sometimes poorly contructed observations can set a fellow to writing.

Will the prohibitive favorite for the 2016 Democratic nomination do it differently this time around?

Targeting terrorist leadership may be counterproductive.

President Obama’s job approval numbers have fallen off from their post-election highs. But, does it matter?

The CIA will soon be storing our nation’s most sensitive information with a private company.

The government of Malaysia paid a lot of money to get some blogs placed at various outlets.

The Quark Side Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The Big Gulp ban won’t ban Big Gulps. But it’ll ban 2-liter Cokes with your pizza and pitchers at Chuck E. Cheese.

George Will declares solitary confinement tantamount to torture.

The GOP isn’t going to solve it’s problems solely by concentrating on “messaging.”

The “I” in DIA apparently does not stand for Intelligence.

Applications to America’s Law Schools are down, because the nature of the legal profession is changing.

A retired Marine gunny argues that women should not be in the infantry since they’re not in the National Football League.

You can’t always get what you want.

One major factor in the skyrocketing cost of a college education in America is a huge increase in overhead costs.

There are very rational reasons behind the current gridlock on Capitol Hill.

The Witch Doctor Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Charlie Crist, run out of the Republican Party, is now a Democrat.

The Air Force has a leadership crisis.