Outside the Beltway

Arizona’s so-called “Birther Bill” seems to violate several provisions of the Federal Constitution.

Whenever I despair at the current state of the Republican Party, I remind myself that things aren’t much better across the aisle.

Donald Trump, who may or may not be running for President, is continuing his strange obsession with the birther myth, and reminding Republicans that two years of silence in the face of lunacy may come back to bite them.

The first wave of the tsunami caused by the Japanese earthquake is expected to strike Hawaii at 8:00am EST.

Japan was rocked by a massive earthquake, which in turned spawned a tsunami.

A day after apologizing for an odd comment about the President’s upbringing, Mike Huckabee now feeds into the conservative myth that Barack Obama isn’t a real American.

A new set of polls from Gallup show that President Obama is still looking good for re-election.

Facebook has come up with new settings to meet the needs of users in same-sex relationships.

Ron Paul is poised to win the CPAC Straw Poll. So what?

The home mortgage interest deduction benefits Democrat-voting states most! Is the fix in?

There was now snow on the ground in every single one of the 50 states — including Hawaii, which had snowfall on one of its volcanoes — except for Florida.

Why is the press gushing over routine movement in White House team?

President Obama likes to go back to his Hawaii home town and live like a regular guy for a few days.

Hawaii’s new Governor is taking on the Birther myth.

Sarah Palin’s reality show as as popular as the critically acclaimed drama everyone’s talking about. And that’s just half the story.

One simple proposal on the size of the House of Representatives.

What will Republicans think of a candidate for President who admitted to smoking marijuana as recently as two years ago?

With Democrats set to maintain their majority in the Senate, some on the left are pushing for filibuster reform. However, it seems unlikely that Harry Reid has the votes to change a long-standing Senate rule.

More bad news for Democrats as a new poll shows that voters are more likely to consider them extreme than Republicans.

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. He probably doesn’t know it, though, because he’s currently sitting in a Chinese prison.

Would non-violence really have failed against the Nazis? History suggests maybe not….

Newt Gingrich is feeding the fires again, this time claiming that the President may be guided by a “Kenyan,” “anti-colonialist” worldview.

The writer of the infamous “Fonzie Jumps The Shark” episode of Happy Days breaks his silence.

Another political analyst is out with a 2010 prediction that should make Democrats very nervous.

Civilian control of the military means, oddly, that civilians control the military. And it means precisely that the military does not get to decide which civilians run the country.

Aging Vietnam vets are being treated for diabetes and other ailments unrelated to their service on the taxpayers’ dime. We can’t afford it.

The Obama’s are vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard again this year so, of course, it’s time for people to say stupid things about Presidential leisure activities again.

The First Family can go on vacation, but politics never does.

While it may be true that facts are stubborn things, a lot of American are stubborn in the face of them.

Much to the disappointment of Ezra Klein and others, it’s unlikely that Democrats will have the votes necessary to change the filibuster when the 112th Congress convenes.

Massachusetts will become the latest state to join the National Popular Vote movement, a compact wherein states throw their Electoral College votes to the nationwide winner once enough states agree to ensure that outcome.