Outside the Beltway

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

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has a good idea.

Mitt Romney and other top Republicans are not taking part in the latest round of the culture war debate over same-sex marriage, for good reason.

Obama has an advantage in what is likely to be one of the most important states in November’s election, but the race is far from over.

Picking the wrong target.

Rick Santorum’s inability to stay away from the culture wars may have been his undoing.

Maggie Gallagher’s anti-gay marriage argument is an example of pure conservative thinking.

Are culture war issues about to make a comeback in the 2012 campaign?

This week we learned that even breast cancer can become politicized. Is there anything that can’t at this point?

Once again, the culture wars intrude into yet another area of life.

Tim Tebow has been at the center of a culture war battle, but he seems to have a more balanced view of the whole thing.

Republican candidates have reached out to Tim Tebow for an endorsement. Desperation?

From across the pond, an observation that the way we pick Presidents isn’t really that bad after all.

While elite schools confer many advantages on their graduates, they also wall them off from normal people and create an entitled, out-of-touch elite.

Opposition to marriage equality is no longer the wedge issue it used to be.

What impact will Judge Walker’s decision on Proposition 8 have on politics in 2010 and beyond ?