Outside the Beltway

Stony Brook finance prof Noah Smith writes, “The Single Best Anti-Gun-Death Policy? Ending the Drug War.”

In Iowa, women can be fired for being too sexy.

Robert Bork, the controversial jurist whose failed Supreme Court bid ushered in a new climate in American politics, has died at 85.

Obsessive media coverage makes us believe mass shootings are far more common than they actually are.

Will the massacre of twenty children in a Connecticut elementary school mark a turning point in America’s gun culture? Don’t count on it.

Is it good to live in a world where news of a massacre can travel around the world in an instant?

Almost a decade ago, Roger Ebert wondered if making mass murderers famous doesn’t provide a perverse incentive.

Apparent tragedy at a Connecticut Elementary School.

Another week, another innocent person killed by an NFL player.

George Zimmerman’s attorneys have filed a defamation lawsuit against NBC News.

The issue of same-sex marriage will be before the Supreme Court early next year.

Will your Yelp review land you in court?

Congress is trying to re-write a law that the Supreme Court found unconstitutional in June. Have they succeeded?

A photograph of a New York cop putting boots on a homeless man went viral. The man remains bootless, however.

Possibly a big week for the Supreme Court.

The Law School Bubble has imploded.

If nothing else, the Petraeus affair is teaching us a valuable lesson in just how extensive the Surveillance State has become.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on another big case.

Two states have legalized marijuana, but before you light up you should know that there are some complications.

Posting pictures of your ballot to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is a crime in some parts of America.

Mayor Bloomberg has decided to hold the New York Marathon Sunday even though millions are still without power and the city infrastructure is unable to cope with normal activity.

The nation’s capitol is closed in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy. But the Supreme Court will be reporting for duty.

Another loss in the Federal Courts for the Defense Of Marriage Act.

A Bangladeshi man was arrested yesterday in New York for an apparent plot to bomb Federal Buildings. The entire plot was an FBI sting operation.

Increasingly, the right of people to speak is being sacrificed in the name of “tolerance” and “security.”