Outside the Beltway

This “handy Ebola guide” is a must for anyone considering traveling to Africa:

Freedom of choice.

A Maine Judge has largely rejected the efforts of the State of Maine to restrict the movements of Kaci Hickcox

Once again, reporters and pundits are arguing that Chris Christie’s “New Jersey style” won’t play well on the stump. I’m not so sure they’re right.

Quietly, oil prices have been falling for months now. That’s potentially a very big deal.

We may have our first legal challenge to an Ebola quarantine order by tomorrow

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

Mandatory quarantines are a massive violation of personal liberty. We ought to be careful in how, when, and why we impose them and who they are directed toward.

Facing a tough re-election battle, Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is engaging in abject fearrmongering.

We’ve handed off operations in Helmand Province to the Afghanistan army.

After an avalanche of negative commentary, the Governors of New York and New Jersey have modified their policy regarding quarantining people returning from west Africa.

The Turnip and Vote Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The first person to be quarantined under the new policy announced by New York and New Jersey is raising concerns about the way she was treated, and whether the policy is even the right idea.

It’s been three months, but there’s been no action on the lawsuit that the House of Representatives said it was filing against President Obama.

A surprise move from Governors Christie and Cuomo that sounds like a good idea but may not be as effective, or legal, as it sounds.

A new outbreak, or hopefully just an isolated case.

Polls continue to show that most Americans are largely tuning the midterms out.

Despite conventional wisdom, there remains little incentive for the GOP to change its position on immigration reform.

As usual, politicians and pundits are helping to create a climate of fear and concern about Ebola that is not justified by the facts.

CNN’s effort to bring back a show that had outlived its prime years ago has, predictably, failed.

America’s “Patient Zero” doesn’t appear to have spread Ebola very far, but continued vigilance is called for. And, we need to focus on the part of the world where there really is an Ebola Crisis.

The president is frustrated.

Illogic and fear from Mr. Huckabee.

A travel ban sounds like a simple solution to a complex problem. Like most simple solutions, though, it becomes far less appealing when you think about the details.

President Obama has appointed an “Ebola Czar,” but it’s unclear why we need one when there are already people who are supposed to be in charge of the Ebola response.

More Ebola news that could have a negative impact on public opinion.

We’ve become aware of failures in how we’ve handled the Ebola situation. The response is to figure out what went wrong and do our best to fix it, not to panic.

Another health care worker in Dallas is being treated for exposure to the Ebola Virus.

Sobering news from the World Health Organization.