Outside the Beltway

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

Argumentation without the intent to persuade is masturbation, not journalism.

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?

Mississippi’s Governor has chosen a replacement for Thad Cochran, but the White House isn’t too happy about the pick.

The Supreme Court appears ready to strike down a California law requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to provide information on abortion.

Mississippi has passed a law that seems designed to directly challenge the underpinnings of Roe v. Wade.

Conor Lamb’s win in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has set off an inevitable debate inside the Democratic Party about how to approach the upcoming midterm elections.

Republicans are claiming that Conor Lamb won Tuesday’s Special Election in Pennsylvania because he campaigned as a conservative. These people are either deluded or lying.

Tomorrow’s Special Election in Pennsylvania isn’t looking good for Republicans, even if their candidate manages to eke out a win.

Texas has an unusually named (and, well, unusual) candidate for the GOP nomination for governor.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case pitting the First Amendment against the right of states to regulate elections.

What is CPAC telling us about the contemporary conservative movement?

The tragedy in Florida last week revealed once again how hyperpartisanship is destroying our politics and harming the country.

The Department of Education announced yesterday that it will no longer investigate civil rights complaints from transgender students regarding bathroom access in public schools.

Women voters are turning decidedly against Donald Trump, this could pose problems for Republican in 2018 and beyond.

The Tea Party is dead, but it was never really alive to begin with.

Administration officials are admitting that it’s likely that Russia will try to interfere in the midterm elections just as it did in 2016, but they don’t seem inclined to do anything about it.

Poland’s President has signed a controversial bill that purports to criminalize any effort to tie Poland to the Holocaust.

In May, Irish voters will vote on a referendum to remove the near-universal ban on abortion in the nation’s Constitution. And it looks as though it will pass.

The Polish Government appears ready to approve a law that seeks to whitewash the truth about the role that many Poles played in the Holocaust.

In what amounts to an electoral perfect storm, Democratic nominee Doug Jones pulled off a win last night in the Alabama Senate Election.

There are no good outcomes for the GOP in Alabama.

Explaining what Tuesday is likely to bring.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

Voters rank factors before choosing how to vote.

Another Alabama woman accuses Roy Moore of sexually assaulting him when she was a teenager.

Roy Moore’s most die-hard defenders are living in a world of their own, and it’s unlikely they’ll change their minds.

The Moore situation illustrates the nonhierarchical nature of US parties. This is nothing new.

Hugh Hefner, who became both a cultural icon and a catalyst and reflector of vast social changes, has died at the age of 91.

One of the legal giants in the Federal Judiciary has retired from the bench.

The First Amendment protects the rights even of the people who gathered in Charlottesville to promote hatred and violence, However, it does not shield them from the consequences of that speech.

Donald Trump’s core supporters in the Republican Party remain intensely loyal, and that seems unlikely to change.

After seven years that mostly consisted of losing elections, there’s a battle going on over which direction the party should head.

Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.

Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.

The Senate GOP health care reform care bill faces a crucial week, and things aren’t looking good.

A massive political miscalculation by Theresa May leads to an uncertain future in the United Kingdom.

An assessment of the 45th President’s first 100 days.

The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is hinting at a new Supreme Court vacancy this summer.

Republicans held on to Mike Pompeo’s seat in the House, but the outcome was closer than many expected.

Day One of the questioning of Judge Neil Gorsuch went very well, and it suggests that his path to confirmation is basically clear of serious obstacles.

Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings begin Monday morning, but it’s Senate Democrats who are in the hot seat.

Ben Carson is back and he’s saying some pretty dumb things again.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration has revoked guidelines to public schools that required accommodation of transgender students.