Outside the Beltway

On Tuesday, Michigan joined the ranks of the states where marijuana is legal and several other states legalized it for medical purposes.

For better or worse, here are my projections for the midterm elections.

By popular demand . . .

Trumpism is a direct by-product of the poisonous populism of the Tea Party movement, and they’ve both taken over the Republican Party.

Senator Tim Kaine continues to maintain a huge lead over Corey Stewart in the Virginia Senate Race.

With the Democratic Primary just days away, Andrew Cuomo’s Democratic challenger in New York is making headlines thanks to a rather odd culinary choice.

Social media has altered the way writers and readers interact in odd ways.

Gary Johnson was a successful two-term Governor in New Mexico. Now he’s making a bid to represent the Land of Enchantment in the U.S. Senate.

Another step forward in the seemingly unstoppable movement toward nationwide legalization.

A group of lawsuits filed across the country are seeking to challenge the predominant method for allocation of Electoral College votes. These lawsuits appear to have little merit.

Nominating Corey Stewart is beginning to look like the biggest mistake Virginia Republicans have ever made.

You might say he body slammed the opposition.

A powerful political network is distancing itself from the Trump-dominated Republican Party.

The Secretary of State of West Virginia has barred Don Blankenship, who came in third place in the GOP Primary, from mounting a third-party bid on the November ballot.

Republicans will hold their 2020 National Convention in the same city that hosted the Democrats back in 2012.

The dean of conservative columnists argues that the Republican Congress must be taught a lesson.

We may finally get a ruling applying the Excessive Fine Clause to the states and limiting the ability of police to confiscate property.

The GOP and Donald Trump are indistinguishable now. But it’s not clear what that means.

It isn’t a primary and it is an illustration of how electoral rules affect behavior.

Conservatives claim to support freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but they’ve utterly failed that test when it comes to their reaction to players who peacefully and respectfully kneel during the National Anthem.

Tomorrow, Irish voters will head to the polls to decide whether or not to scrap a Constitutional Amendment that bans abortion in essentially all circumstances.

Enforcing our immigration and drug laws comes at the cost of fundamental rights.

While longtime supporters have turned on the legendary attorney over his support of Donald Trump, he’s been astonishingly consistent.

When it comes to a potential interview with Robert Mueller, President Trump faces risks no matter what form that interview takes.

The White House is pushing back on the allegations of misconduct that were made against Ronny Jackson this week, and trying to use them in a high-profile Senate race in Montana.

As expected, a Republican won the Special Election in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, but it’s not a win Republicans should really be celebrating.

John Boehner is now pro-weed. The world just keeps getting weirder, man.

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

On OTB’s subjective, inconsistent enforcement of its policies designed to promote civil discussion.

The 80-year-old Mississippi Republican, who was first elected to the Senate in 1978 after serving six years in the House, has been in poor health.

How ‘tainted’ must a funder be before a charity is obliged to reject the donation?

Salary-based definitions distort the conversation. And lifestyle-based definitions are a moving target.

The Tea Party is dead, but it was never really alive to begin with.

The White House’s immigration plan is facing opposition in both chambers of Congress from moderate and conservative Republicans alike.

Federal Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski is resigning immediately after a barrage of sexual harassment allegations.

Most Americans are unlikely to remember John Anderson, but he was a harbinger of things to come.

The first in an occasional series.

One of the few Republicans willing to speak out against Donald Trump is retiring at the end of his current term.

The nation’s only competitive Governor’s this year appears to be going in favor of the Democratic candidate.

Hugh Hefner, who became both a cultural icon and a catalyst and reflector of vast social changes, has died at the age of 91.

A new poll shows that Donald Trump could end up having an impact on the race for Virginia Governor.

The ‘No Labels’ movement is back, and it’s as irrelevant to contemporary politics as ever.

One of the legal giants in the Federal Judiciary has retired from the bench.

A Federal Appeals Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Gary Johnson and Jill Stein regarding their exclusion from Presidential debates.

Democrats and “Never Trump”ers shouldn’t count their chickens before they’re hatched.

The president’s begrudging condemnation of evil didn’t last long.

Greg Gianforte assaulted a reporter. Now he’s going to Congress, but the outcome of the election really shouldn’t be a surprise.