Outside the Beltway

A tense afternoon on Capitol Hill.

Starbucks is kindly asking customers not to bring guns to their stores.

A gun rights victory at the ballot box in Colorado.

Potential trouble for Virginia’s Republican nominee for Governor.

Low voter priorities and the natural tendency of the media to move on to the next big story meant that gun control was not going to be a top political issue for long.

The 10th anniversary of McCain-Feingold teaches a lesson we should already have learned.

Doesn’t pass the smell test.

Dr. Keith Ablow lays out the case that President Obama is conducting psychological warfare on us.

A major change in policy by the Boy Scouts.

The reality of gun violence in the United States is far different from the story the media is telling us.

Tragedy in Boston.

The Supreme Court has ducked an opportunity to expand the holdings in D.C. v. Heller

Habemus Papam

About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer and nearly 600,000 have “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles.

The post-Newtown momentum for gun control has slowed significantly.

If one is going to worship at the alter of original intent, it might be useful to know a bit of history.

Government-mandated paid sick leave might improve both public health and the American economy.

Hell hath no fury like a Christie scorned.

The NRA’s response to the Sandy Hook shootings was bizarre to say the least.

On rare instances in Washington, reporters do their job and ask tough questions of political leaders. Rarer still, the leaders give good answers.

The latest offer from John Boehner includes a significant concession.

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?

Apparent tragedy at a Connecticut Elementary School.

Ronald Reagan won the tax fight. The debate now centers on whether to continue cutting taxes or slightly reverse the trend.

OTB bloggers give their best guesses on the House and Senate races.

Were you impacted by Hurricane Sandy? If so, how did you fare?

Now that he is on the ballot for good, Republicans seem to be giving Todd Akin a second look. That seems unwise.

It’s looking less likely that the GOP will be able to gain control of the Senate.

The Defense of Marriage Act is under challenge through a unique angle: estate taxes.

Technically, you don’t own your digital music files. That means you can’t transfer them to your heirs after you die.