Outside the Beltway

Sooner than one might have expected, Republicans are starting to battle over the issue of marriage equality.

The Second Amendment isn’t broken, and you don’t fix things that aren’t broken.

The Democratic field for 2016 is frozen in place waiting for the presumptive frontrunner to make a decision.

A new poll finds that people in Illinois have an accurate assessment of politics in their state.

Voter ID supporters are pointing to a report from the North Carolina Board of Elections as proof of ongoing Voter Fraud. But, while long on facts, the report has yet to reach any such conclusions.

Refusing to raise the debt ceiling does nothing at all to control spending.

Another Circuit Court finds that the Second Amendment protects a right to carry a weapon in public.

The fight for marriage equality takes another step forward.

A new book by former SecDef Robert Gates is making political waves in Washington power circles, but will it matter to ordinary Americans?

A Federal Judge in New York upholds, for the most part, that state’s new gun control law.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

Thanks to a Federal District Court Judge, most of Sherlock Holmes is now in the public domain.

The Sunbelt continues to dominate.

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

Much like the guy who’s afraid to talk to girls in High School, Republicans don’t seem to know how to talk to women. But their problems are actually bigger than that.

The Supreme Court may have just given a boost to those who want to subject online sales to the same sales taxes as in-person sales.

Another conflict between the Obama Administration and a news media that is frustrated about the extent they are being controlled by being refused access.

A second Federal Court of Appeals in a week in two weeks has ruled the PPACA’s birth control mandate is unconstitutional.

The state where the same-sex marriage battle began is just days away from legalizing same-sex marriage.

The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.

It’s no wonder there’s no compromise in Congress.

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.