Outside the Beltway

How the richest man in the world quickly changed the education curriculum in 45 states.

The so-called “right to be forgotten” created by Europe’s highest court is unworkable, and ultimately absurd.

Once again, Washington politicians are pontificating about the Washington Redskins.

A legal setback for Voter ID laws in Wisconsin.

It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

Pat Roberts may be facing a Richard Lugar problem in Kansas.

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

Same-sex marriage remains the law of the land in one of the most conservative states in the nation, at least unless the Supreme Court says otherwise.

Johnny can’t write, either.

The Tea Party hit another new polling low, but that really shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

We spend more per capita than any other country in the world and yet we are outperformed on a key metric, life expectancy, by a large number of countries

A top House Republican suggested today that only Governor’s should be President. His argument has both practical and historical merit.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed the Senate yesterday but it’s unlikely to go much further.

Fifty years after the Stand in the Schoolhouse door, there’s another standoff with recalcitrant states on civil rights.

The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP

Absent an unlikely major change, it looks like the Democrats will win the Governor’s race in Virginia

Nearly two-thirds of House Republicans voted for default. They lost.

Much like the Tea Party, David Frum wants to make the GOP tent smaller.

A comment from one Congressman sums up the attitude of the small group of Congressman and Senators who have placed us in this situation.

Cathy’s husband and Jess’ father, Jer, was killed in the shooting spree at the Navy Yard.

Congress isn’t spending much time in Washington these days but that’s only one of the reasons it isn’t accomplishing very much.

The military’s finance and accounting system has been dysfunctional for decades and is getting worse.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

Today’s decision by the Supreme Court was, on the surface, a victory for Federal Supremacy, but the issue itself is far from resolved.

A song written when Grover Cleveland was President is still protected by Copyright Law. That makes no sense at all.

The latest theory about what Neil Armstrong said on the moon is based on his boyhood in northwestern Ohio.

As of today, John Dingell has been a Member of Congress for 20,997 days, a new record. That’s not something to celebrate.

The Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal of a case in which Indiana’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood had been blocked by a Federal Court.

For better or worse, the attack in Boston is likely to have an impact on the immigration reform debate.

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

Republicans continue to fight over their party’s future.

40 years after Roe v. Wade, support for the decision is still strong, but the effort to restrict it continues apace.

Norm Ornstein may have written the sillest op-ed of 2012.

There’s been a bit of buzz of late about the fact that people in several states have filed petitions to secede from the Union. There shouldn’t be.

As we approach the fiscal cliff, there are signs that House Republicans may not be as rigid as they were the past two years.