Outside the Beltway

Yes, government does create jobs.

Not surprisingly, television and reality don’t really coincide.

The Court’s 2012-2013 term begins tomorrow morning, and there are plenty of big cases on the docket.

A lot more people than expected are likely to be hit by the ObamaCare individual mandate tax penalty than previously thought.

The battle over Wisconsin’s public sector union reform continues.

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are refusing to provide significant details about their tax plan. That’s a mistake.

When it comes to issues like medical marijuana, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are reading from the same playbook.

The Obama campaign’s 4.5 new private sector jobs claim is true, but only if you forget the first year of the Obama Administration.

I give it a C+/B- (adequate, passing, nothing exceptional).

A legal setback for the Texas Voter ID law, but not much of a political setback for Voter ID laws in general.

Under German law, this ceremony, which Jews believe dates from the time of Abraham, is now illegal.

American politics has been reduced to a charade where all people do is yell at each other.

Congress and the American people have a choice to make between two not very palatable options.

The GOP Platform will include an abortion plank that Todd Akin would love.

Romney’s new ad on a ruling issued by HHS on welfare-to-work requirements doesn’t pass the smell test.

Examining a history that might have been.

The United States Congress can still work together to pander before election season.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

The President’s former Budget Director joins the ranks of those calling for Postal privatization.

Don’t look for an effort to enact new gun laws in the wake of the Aurora shootings.

Once again, the usual suspects are exploiting tragedy for political purposes.

Nick Cohen dubs this year’s London Games the “Censorship Olympics.” Had he called them the “London Censorship Olympics,” the “2012 Censorship Olympics,” or titled the piece “Censorship Takes London Gold” he might have faced civil or criminal penalties.

The Koch brothers will spend more money in this election cycle than the entire McCain campaign did in 2008.

Once again, a pundit has come up with the boneheaded idea of reinstating the draft.

The House engaged in a mostly pointless action yesterday afternoon.

Lies and misrepresentations in politics seem to be something the American people have come to, if not accept, at least expect.

The President could describe his tax plan differently, but there’s a reason he isn’t.

What does the US Constitution actually provide in terms of guidance for governance?

A case study in what’s wrong with the “Breaking News” media.

The number of Pennsylvania voters without required photo IDs exceeds Obama’s 2008 margin of victory.

The PPACA, the fight over it, and the Sibelius ruling all underscore this fact.

Democratic rhetoric since the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare raises the question of whether they made a political mistake.

If the GOP wins in November, there will be very few actual barriers in the way if they really want to repeal the PPACA.

In his ruling on the ObamaCare cases, Chief Justices Roberts reached back to a judicial philosophy with roots in men like Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Felix Frankfurter.

While it upheld the Affordable Care Act today, the Supreme Court also placed some clear limits on Congressional power. That’s a good thing.

The Republican strategy on health care in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision needs some tweaking.

Thanks to a surprising decision by Chief Justice Roberts, the Affordable Care Act has survived the Constitutional challenges against it.

There’s no evidence that Fast & Furious, whatever it was, was a conspiracy to lobby for tighter gun control laws.

In advance of tomorrow’s ruling, some pundits on the left are displaying some very odd views on the role of the law in American politics.