Outside the Beltway

A major backer of Republican and Libertarian causes is under fire.

The story of Perry’s hunting lodge probably doesn’t tell us that much about Perry, but it is still telling.

Why does what was painted on a rock 30-odd years ago matter today?

The health care battle is formally joined in the Supreme Court.

Should it matter if a teacher has an accent?

Texas is ending the time-honored tradition of allowing condemned men to pick their last meal before being put to death.

Where do we stand after 224 years?

It never ceases to amaze me how many smart people manage to believe, against all evidence to the contrary, that their political philosophy has massive support.

A new look at Clarence Thomas’s 20 years on the Supreme Court, from a critic, is surprisingly positive.

Ensuring the integrity of the voting process is a worthy goal, not evidence of discrimination.

Is the NYPD becoming too much like the CIA?

Watching the news and reading the op-eds makes it clear: America is doomed.

Does the 10th Amendment contain the answer to the same-sex marriage debate? Not really.

President Obama came close to endorsing same-sex marriage last night, but stopped short yet again

Herman Cain says he wouldn’t sign any bill longer than three pages. It’s a line that will get him applause, but it’s totally impractical.

No, Ron Paul is not a viable candidate for president.

Thanks to an appearance on Hardball we’ve got another story about a 47 year old law.

A Texas high school student who was kicked off her high school’s cheerleading squad after refusing to cheer for her rapist had her lawsuit dismissed as frivolous and was ordered to pay $45,000 in legal fees.

Wisconsin Republicans stripped state employees of collective bargaining rights without the Democratic senators who fled the state to prevent a quorum.

Yet another study finds conservatives wildly underrepresented in higher education.

Taking a dive into Mark Levin’s view of Federalism.

Arizona looks to be the latest state to try to revive the discredited doctrine of nullification.

As noted recently, whites are leaving the Democratic Party in droves. Some black Democrats think it’s time to take affirmative action.

Those who argue that tariff increases, and not slavery, were the key reason for secession have some basic problems with the historical sequence.

What the Haley Barbour situation illustrates is that we, as a country, have not fully accepted or dealt with our own past.

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, who may end up running for President in 2012, has reopened wounds that finally seemed like they were closed.

The battle over the individual mandate is really just nothing more than the latest round in a batter that has been ongoing for 221 years.

Complaints from Rush Limbaugh tthat the ACLU is ignoring the intrusions into America’s civil liberties by the TSA are completely unfounded.

If 33 states can muster support to kill a law, how would it have gotten enacted to begin with?

Further thoughts on a rather radical proposed Amendment to the Constitution, prompted by a link from Instapundit.

One of the last arguments against allowing gay men and women to serve openly in the military — that active duty military would be unable to serve alongside them — appears to have no empirical support.

A poster at RedState demonstrates how not to approach the issue of race in politics.

Republicans are promising two years of gridlock and obstructionism if they take control of Congress, but is that really what the people who are likely to vote for them next week really want?

NPR has fired Juan Williams over controversial comments about Muslims.