Outside the Beltway

The fight for marriage equality takes another step forward.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

Once again, Chris Christie seems to be directly challenging the right wing of his party.

A victory for same-sex marriage in an unlikely place.

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

The state where the same-sex marriage battle began is just days away from legalizing same-sex marriage.

The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.

Chris Christie’s decision to take a tactical retreat on the issue of same-sex marriage raises some interesting questions for 2016.

Three counties in New Mexico are under orders to issue licenses to same-sex couples.

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

The Senate may be headed for an historic confrontation today if an 11th hour deal isn’t reached.

There are many fallacies contained within the GOP’s insistence that immigration reform must begin and end with “border security.”

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.

NYU’s Geoffrey Miller has done a groundbreaking study connecting obesity, and particularly the consumption of simple carbohydrates, with failure to complete doctoral dissertations.

POLITICO is joining the stampede toward metered paywalls. In a twist, it will remain free in regions where it’s most popular.

A super-secret, super-secure alternative internet has been operating at Los Alamos National Labs for two and a half years.

In fact, yes: the demand for drugs does come largely from the US.

The possible presidential contender has an op-ed in a rather dubious outlet.

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

Here we go again.

The 2012 Election should be a warning to the GOP that it needs to open itself up to minority groups, especially Latinos.

Why I supported Mitt Romney despite his constant flip-flopping, fibbing, and fecklessness.

Voters in four states endorsed marriage equality yesterday.

The Romney campaign doesn’t seem too confident of its path to victory.

Making note of some of the predictions and such as we approach November 6th.

Simply amazing.

Whether Republicans like it or not, Mitt Romney was the best candidate they had in 2012.

With Mitt Romney and Barack Obama basically saying the same things about foreign policy, it’s time to take a look at an alternative.