Outside the Beltway

Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race, but his party is abandoning him.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

While the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United has been blamed for the massive increase in money in this year’s campaign, it really wasn’t the culprit.

Alan Simpson is imparting wisdom to his fellow Republicans. I doubt they will listen.

The price of a DC cab ride went up big time recently and neither riders nor cabbies are happy.

Janelle Nanos investigates her relationship with her iPhone.

The Supreme Court issued a somewhat muddled ruling on GPS tracking today.

New head-scratching revelations in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case.

When the FBI essentially creates a terrorist in order to arrest him, have we really accomplished anything?

Rezwan Ferdaus, an American Muslim, has been charged with a major terrorist plot against his country.

In its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will examine the question whether police can track people via GPS without first obtaining a warrant.

A Federal Appeals Court says the full body image scanners showing up in airports are Constitutional.

Florida Today’s Jeff Parker offers this take on President Obama’s Afghanistan “drawdown,” which will culminate in getting American forces down to Bush era levels by the end of 2012.

The coverage of Egypt shows an over-reliance on pundits and an under-reliance on actual experts.

The Get The Flock Outta Here Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Defying logic, New York City taxis are least available when they’re most needed: as people are getting off work.

A document uncovered in a Freedom of Information Act request demonstrates the extent to which Federal law enforcement works outside the requirements of the Constitution.

McCain brings up “regime change” in re: the DKRP and China apparently isn’t doing enough.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants to install devices in cars to disable cell phones.

Do those who succeed in our economy benefit unequally from the benefits of government?

Depending on which papers you read, the British NHS is undergoing minor restructuring, secretly planning major cuts in basic services, or doing nothing of concern.