Outside the Beltway

California’s legislature has approved a bill that would legalize physician assisted suicide in the nation’s largest state.

A trial court Judge in Oregon is the latest public official to refuse to do his job.

Indiana Governor Mike Pence is supposed to be a champion of limited government. So why is he starting up a state run news agency?

Big victories for advocates of marijuana legalization.

Freedom of choice.

For the ninth time since 1974, the next Governor of Maine will likely be elected with less than 50% of the vote.

A 29 year old woman will end her life in less than a month. That should be her choice.

Contrary to popular belief, eyewitness testimony is often quite unreliable.

Portland, Oregon government officials and USA Today headline writers are innumerate.

Portland, Maine seems to about to make some progress in the fight against dumb laws.

For two centuries, British sailors have toasted their “wives and sweethearts.” No more.

The Clown Wars Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

A Bangladeshi man was arrested yesterday in New York for an apparent plot to bomb Federal Buildings. The entire plot was an FBI sting operation.

The Occupy movement began one year ago today. It’s no surprise that it ended up being a failure.

Major metropolitan areas are routinely shut down for presidential fundraisers.

Shockingly, the “Springfield” in the long-running sittcom “The Simpsons” is Springfield, Oregon, near where creator Matt Groening grew up.

When the FBI essentially creates a terrorist in order to arrest him, have we really accomplished anything?

College towns and lily white enclaves top the list of best educated cities.

Former Oregon governor and long-time US Senator Mark Hatfield has died.

Oregon Congressman David Wu was showing signs of mental breakdown during his recent re-election campaign.

The most walkable cities in America are also the most successful.

Some DC based hipsters want to know why America doesn’t have good pubs like in London. It turns out, they’re everywhere.

While the University of Oregon’s athletic programs are flourishing in a seas of green, its academic programs are woefully underfunded.

Another FBI sting operation results in the arrest of a “terrorist,” or did it create a crime where none existed before?

Somali-born teenager plotted to carry out a car bomb attack at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland on Friday, but the bomb turned out to be a dud supplied by undercover agents as part of a sting.

It’s been a decade since al Qaeda attacked the USS Cole, killing 17 American sailors. The perpetrators are still at large.

According to health inspectors in Portland, Oregon, this little girl is potentially a threat to your health and safety.

Portland authorities have decided, for a second time, that there isn’t enough evidence to charge Al Gore with sexual assault in a 2006 case.

The Iroquois lacrosse team has been caught in a classic Catch-22. The U.S. government won’t recognize their passports and they won’t use U.S. passports as a matter of principle.

Al Gore has been accused of sexually assaulting a “masseuse” in a Portland hotel room.