Outside the Beltway

A brief foray into looking at Alabama state policy on fighting addiction.

The folk rock legend is gone at 81.

The one-time Juiceboxer is still annoying the mainstream media.

The Supreme Court may revisit a controversial criminal justice ruling.

This kind of “analysis” drives me nuts

The US armed forces are looking for a few more good men and women.

Assumptions of racial animus are overshadowing a story that’s outrageous enough on its own.

Out of a sense of fairness, I gave a listen.

When life doesn’t imitate art.

Pew’s new typology shows the diversity of both US political parties.

A really strange case.

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

Making it difficult for refuseniks works better than prizes.

J.D. Vance’s cynical suggestion.

Conservatives have lost it one generation at a time.

Some people claim there’s a woman to blame.

A law seeking to help the state’s workers seems to be having the opposite effect.

You know, some light weekend thoughts.

It’s seemingly just a matter of time before recreational use is allowed throughout the United States.

My home state has become the first in the South to join the trend.

A truly silly characterization from Senator Mike Lee.

Credulous reports notwithstanding, there’s more to the story.

A CPAC speaker and the return of the problem of the Heritage electoral fraud database.

In hindsight, there were more than a few clues.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

A disgraced governor is signing a wave of progressive legislation

Sanders supporters need to get on the bus.

Prosecutors in two Virginia counties have announced that they will decline to prosecute low-level drug possession cases.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

South Park mocked Chinese censorship so, of course, they were censored in China.

A defense of a modest philosophy of judicial interpretation.

The 76-year-old Democratic frontrunner’s penchant for gaffes is raising questions about his fitness to govern.

As was the case a month ago, Vice-President Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were the focus of last night’s debate. Things turned out very differently, though.

A great public intellectual, pioneering blogger, and all-around good man is gone.

Another poll is out showing that Americans overwhelmingly oppose the President’s decision to ban transgender troops from serving in the military.

The Supreme Court has struck down a provision of the Lanham Act barring approval of “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks as unconstitutional.

A new poll finds increasing support for transgender rights, even among Republicans.

Further progress for advocates of marijuana legalization from the Land of Lincoln.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans support equal rights for transgender Americans, with only Republicans disagreeing with that position.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

In a first of its kind move, voters in Denver have voted to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has officially joined the race for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination

So far, Beto O’Rourke’s campaign has been far more about image than substance.

Democratic candidates for President are quickly voicing support for marijuana legalization.

Gender bias is real. Most examples cited, though, aren’t.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has rejoined the Republican Party, leading many to wonder if he’s considering a challenge to President Trump in 2020.

Washington State has a problem with people stealing “Mile 420” signs, so they’ve come up with a solution.

New York State seems likely to join the list of states where marijuana has been legalized sometime next year.

Last week, the Mexican Supreme Court pushed that country further down the road toward legalization of marijuana for all purposes.

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