Outside the Beltway

In her upcoming book, Hillary Clinton strikes a defiant tone against conservative’s continued interest in the Benghazi attack.

The very idea of a “war on religion” in the United States is absurd.

The latest chapter in an all too familiar story.

Not much science from the Congressional Committees devoted to science.

People are still going to jail for being unable to pay their fines. And often billed for the priviledge.

James Oliphant asks, “Why Hasn’t the GOP Treated Fort Hood Like Benghazi?”

Shutting down rational debate one meme at a time.

Is the GOP headed down a road that leads to yet another doomed impeachment and trial?

The Supreme Court has again ruled that prayers that open legislative sessions are not unconstitutional.

It might not be pretty.

An ongoing set of considerations on the relationship between liberty and government.

The Affirmative Action debate is too divisive and largely misses the point.

Does it really matter why Fraizer Glenn Miller murdered three people in Kansas?

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s choices in home decor raise an interesting question.

Our tax system is so complicated that whether we’re filing our returns correctly is a known unknown.

The Second Amendment isn’t broken, and you don’t fix things that aren’t broken.

A pattern continues.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells wonders with some irritation “Why Henry Kissinger Never Goes Away.”

Hobby Lobby has a strong argument under RFRA but the precedent would be dangerous.

It’s simple: We just have to define the problem and then solve it.

Politics, media, and the attention span of the average American haven’t really changed as much as we think.

Nora Caplan-Bricker contends that, “Mike Huckabee Could Be President—If Only He Wanted It.”

Young voters reject political parties to a greater extent than other voters, but on policy issues they trend Democratic

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.

Is there anything that could stop the Clinton juggernaut?

Casting a bit of cartographic light on the crisis in Ukraine.

A rich guy wants to break up California.

What if the jobless recovery is but the beginning of a trend?

Lack of understanding or basic dishonesty?

Another day, another delay

A CBO report on the Affordable Care Act is getting a polarized reading.

Demand for mid-range goods and services seems to be on the decline.

Most Americans now see America’s decade of war as a failure.

The American justice system is unique.

A commonly cited statistic in support of the “equal pay” argument does not stand up to scrutiny.

Republican leaders continue to say stupid things. They may still retake the Senate in November.

Conor Friedersdorf turns the oft-asked question on its head.

The advice “Do what you love. Love what you do” is not without pitfalls.

Most peer-reviewed research is crap.

Let’s think about how the media operates.

Why do we persist in going to war?

Polarization is not the cause of our problems.

Once again, a poll shows that large numbers of Americans, and most Americans, reject Evolution via Natural Selection as the explanation for humanity’s origin. How do we explain that?

Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.

Nobel physicist Peter Higgs says he could not make it in academia today.

Is Harvard University the Lake Wobegon of the Ivy League or are Harvard students really that smart?

(Absolutely nothing).

Politics aside, the challenges to the PPACA’s birth control mandate raise important legal issues.

It may not strike most people as “fun,” but there’s nothing wrong with retailers being open on Thanksgiving Day.

Daylight Savings Time ends early on Sunday. Perhaps it should never return.