Outside the Beltway

A Judge in New Jersey has ruled that the twin children of a New Jersey woman were in fact fathered by two different men.

Jeb Bush told a group of supporters that his brother is his top Middle East policy adviser. This strikes me as being a bad idea.

Two men were killed last night before they could carry out what appears to be a planned attack on an anti-Islam event in Texas.

Two of Chris Christie’s closest aides were indicted in connection with the Birdgegate scandal today, a third plead guilty, and Christie’s Presidential ambitions are pretty much dead.

Seventy years ago, Harry Truman became President in the final months of a war. He wasn’t prepared for it, but most Vice-President’s after him have been.

Another commentary on the National Security Strategy, this one at The Hill.

He’s tan. He’s rested. And, apparently, he’s ready. Mitt Romney seems very interested in 2016 all of a sudden.

A man best known, perhaps, for what he didn’t do, has passed away

NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot dead while sitting in their patrol car In Brooklyn. And those suggesting that anyone other than the killer has “blood on their hands” are being absurd.

The Justice Department won’t force James Risen to testify in a legal investigation, but faces a new choice in a different case.

Many have suggested that prosecution of cases involving police misconduct should be handled by prosecutors who don’t work with local police departments on a regular basis. They’re right.

After a disastrous campaign in 2012, Texas Governor Rick Perry appears to be gearing up for a new run for the White House in 2016, but questions remain.

The labor laws apply no matter what business you’re in.

Much like the disease itself, Ebola panic seems to have disappeared as the midterm elections become ever more distant in the rear view mirror.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul continues to challenge Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy, and that’s a good thing.

After an avalanche of negative commentary, the Governors of New York and New Jersey have modified their policy regarding quarantining people returning from west Africa.

A new outbreak, or hopefully just an isolated case.

Law enforcement remains unhappy about the recent changes that will make it harder to break into a locked smartphone.

MSNBC’s attempt to be the liberal Fox News isn’t working.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are pushing back against Apple and Google’s efforts to provide greater privacy to users.. They’re wrong.

A good law has one rather silly unintended consequence.

Notwithstanding the hype, there’s one very big reason why the idea of Elizabeth Warren as a viable candidate for President doesn’t make much sense.

Justice delayed, but justice nonetheless.

Pseudoscience and hysteria have damaged public health.

Committing a crime is bad enough, committing a stupid crime in the dumbest way possible is orders of magnitude bad.

Toll plazas coming to an Interstate near you?

General Motors is headed back to court.

The USA’s 142-year streak as the world’s largest economy is ending.

Veteran newsman Garrick Utley has died from prostate cancer at the age of 74.

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

Demand for mid-range goods and services seems to be on the decline.

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is reportedly dead of a drug overdose at the age of 46.

A brain dead woman in Texas is being kept alive while a fetus that is still not viable grows inside of her.

An excellent argument for immigration reform can be found in the case of one Californian named Sergio Garcia.