Outside the Beltway

Chris Christie’s decision to take a tactical retreat on the issue of same-sex marriage raises some interesting questions for 2016.

Well, so much for that plan.

Are these four men our last, best hope for a deal that will end the shutdown and avoid breaching the debt ceiling?

If nothing else, Ted Cruz’s quixotic mission has succeeded in cementing him in the minds of Republican voters.

Once dominant atop the smartphone market, Blackberry seems to be counting out the days until its demise.

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

President Obama seems to have forgotten the words of a certain Illinois State Senator back in 2002.

Unfortunately, our immigration debate is just plain dumb.

As expected, President Obama’s latest “pivot” to the economy is less than meets the eye.

What can an incident at an elite New York party ten years ago tell us about race in America?

President Obama has once again weighed in on the Trayvon Martin case in a personal manner.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.

Sometimes it seems like all John McCain does is appear on Sunday morning news shows. The problem goes deeper than that, though.

The University of Alabama men’s golf team joins the football, softball, gymnastics, and women’s golf teams as national champions.

Should bloggers be treated the same as “journalists” for the purpose of the protections granted by media shield laws?

The Obama Administration’s aggressive pursuit of leaks is threatening freedom of the press.

The Senate’s rejection of the Manchin/Toomey background checks bill isn’t particularly outraging the general public, according to a new poll.

The days of tax-free online shopping are coming to an end.

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

The Manchin/Toomey proposal on background checks isn’t perfect, but it isn’t horrible either.

The odds for a party switch in the House of Representatives remain quite low.

My latest for The National Interest, “Hagel’s Three Questions,” ponders our national security decisionmaking.

The American people no longer seem to care if their political leaders are divorced.

For the moment, Hillary Clinton looks unbeatable if she chooses to run in 2016

The Obama Administration has weighed in on the Supreme Court’s other high profile same-sex marriage case.

Applications to America’s Law Schools are down, because the nature of the legal profession is changing.

A good start toward solving a long standing problem.

The attempted coup against John Boehner resembled something you’d see in a banana republic.