Outside the Beltway

McAuliffe pulling away?

The race for Governor in Virginia is tightening, and Libertarian Party nominee Robert Sarvis is one of the reasons why.

The world changed significantly twelve years ago today. Will it ever change back even a little bit?

Heading into an intense week of Congressional lobbying, the odds still seem against the Administration on Syria.

Not surprisingly, Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are lining up behind the President in the debate over Syria.

A case out of New Mexico presents an interesting collision of First Amendment rights and anti-discrimination values.

One of the nation’s papers of record is changing owners for the first time in 80 years.

Chris Christie waded into the debate going on in the GOP over foreign policy. His comments were less than helpful to say the least.

Some interesting taking of sides is already taking place in the GOP Senate race in Wyoming.

An empty threat.

There seem to be some signs that defense hawks in the GOP are concerned about Rand Paul’s growing popularity in the party.

Revelations about the NSA’s data mining programs don’t seem to be having a significant impact on public opinion.

Will voters care about the revelations about NSA data mining? Signs point to no.

Contrary to President Obama’s assertion today, the NSA’s operations don’t have proper legislative or judicial oversight.

Apparently, it’s not just reporters whose phone logs the Obama administration is tracking.

What happened at the IRS looks a lot more like deliberate political bias than simple incompetence.

The State Department tries to scrub information about the 3D-printed gun from the Internet.

Opponents of immigration reform are deceptively attempting to use the bombing attack in Boston to derail immigration reform.

Big Brother is watching us. And he may be watching us a lot more after what happened in Boston.

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

Is the answer to the same-sex marriage debate as simple as getting the government out of the marriage business, or is it more complicated?

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

What Crist demonstrates about the US party system.

Are two-term Presidencies the new normal?

If nothing else, the Petraeus affair is teaching us a valuable lesson in just how extensive the Surveillance State has become.

Republicans are starting to talk about immigration reform, but do they really mean it?

The OTB gang give their best guess at the outcome of the 2012 presidential contest.

Like the men who came before him, Barack Obama has vastly increased the powers of his office. Someone should have asked him about that last night.

Another loss in the Federal Courts for the Defense Of Marriage Act.

Mitt Romney is a deeply flawed candidate, but that doesn’t mean the President is any better.

The notion that Megan McArdle is some sort of “Republican Party activist” is just nuts.