Outside the Beltway

Another round of election losses is leading Democrats to contemplate the direction they should take going forward.

Looking into uncontested and partially contest House districts from the 2014 cycle.

The Republican wave extended even to Governor’s races that, in any other year, they should have lost.

The GOP added to its majority in the House, giving it the biggest majority it has had since Truman was President.

2014 was not supposed to be a wave election, but it clearly qualifies as one.

Time to look into the crystal ball.

A disappointing setback.

Mandatory quarantines are a massive violation of personal liberty. We ought to be careful in how, when, and why we impose them and who they are directed toward.

Everything old is new again.

The Roberts court has been very good on First Amendment issues, but it needs to address the First Amendment issue right outside its front windows.

Mitt Romney 2016? Not as far as his wife is concerned.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has made an incredibly weak argument in favor of his state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

A District of Columbia Judge has ruled that photographs of women taken in public do not violate the law.

Bill Scher examines “How Republicans Lost the Culture War.”

The Supreme Court has given the GOP a way out of a battle that they are going to lose anyway.

The die is cast.

The security lapses at the Secret Service just continue to mount.

Opponents of marriage equality clearly don’t like the idea of a “big tent” in the GOP on the issue.

One of last members of President Obama’s original cabinet is stepping aside.

While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.

Self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is contemplating an independent run for the presidency.

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.

The American people don’t want to turn those migrant children from Central America away after all.

Ed Klein says he has “Democrat sources” who Obama wants Warren to continue his mission to “transform America into a European-style democratic-socialist state.”

Emil Henry makes “The Case for Mitt Romney in 2016.”

Another area where the law has yet to catch up to technology.

The justice system works, there’s no need to scrap it.

We’ve seen a notable number of 9-0 Supreme Court decisions this term, but that doesn’t mean that the side that lost was making an extreme or meritless argument.

Another solid victory for the First Amendment from the Roberts Court.

A New York Federal Judge has ruled that unvaccinated children can be forced to stay home during outbreaks.

New Hampshire Republicans still like Mitt Romney.

A prairie populist challenger for Hillary Clinton?

Not surprisingly, Russia’s acquisition of Crimea comes with quite a potential bonanza in natural resources.

Romney 2016? Anything’s possible, but probably not.