Outside the Beltway

A story headlined “American Airlines Rejects Female Passenger Because Political Pro-Choice T-Shirt is ‘Inappropriate'” is going viral.

The price of a DC cab ride went up big time recently and neither riders nor cabbies are happy.

Welcome to today’s Outrage Of The Day

Charlie Savage documents a major shift in Barack Obama’s philosophy of presidential authority.

Marine Sergeant Gary Stein will soon be free to criticize the commander-in-chief all he wants. As a civilian.

Far from being deterimental, there is a case to be made that SuperPACs have actually expended democracy during this election cycle.

A Reserve Specialist who endorsed Ron Paul’s presidential candidacy in uniform will only be reprimanded, not court martialed.

This morning, the Justices pondered the fate of the PPACA if they strike down the individual mandate.

Barack Obama’s position on same-sex marriage continues to “evolve,” along with the polls.

The argument over contraceptive coverage mandates has not gone well for conservatives.

Voter ID laws are a good idea, but we have to be careful in how we implement them.

Rick Santorum sounds like someone applying for a job in a religious institution, not someone running to be the President of the United States.

A bill likely to become law in Virginia will require all women seeking abortions to undergo an invasive ultrasound examination.

The Obama Administration’s proposed solution to the impasse over contraceptives is unlikely to end the debate.

The Obama Campaign is being criticized for agreeing to play the SuperPAC game like everyone else does.

Trying to open a new business can be a massive and costly headache.

Virtually everything Stephen Colbert is doing was legal before Citizens United.

Requiring a religious institution to comply with civilian laws is not a violation of religious liberty.

Two prominent Florida Republicans are warning their party about losing the support of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group.

Have Americans divided themselves into what are becoming increasingly different cultures?

One year later, Egypt’s revolution remains unfinished.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

It’s not just low wages that have kept technology manufacturing jobs out of the United States.

Mitt Romney made a suggestion about how to fix our campaign finance system. It’s a good idea.

Rick Santorum’s views on the role of government are somewhat disturbing.

Let’s ban robocalls.

If you’re going to take public money, “religious liberty” is not an excuse to fail to comply with the law.

Rick Perry is seeking Court intervention to get on the Virginia ballot. He isn’t likely to get very far.

So what was it: taken out of context or written by someone else?

Welcome technological change, or crony capitalism?

A new set of proposed Constitutional Amendments reveals that many people still don’t understand what Citizens United was about.

Can we credibly blame the CRA, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, and the like for the mortgage crisis?

Another meme debunked, plus some thoughts on policy.

From Europe, a case of regulation gone nuts.

Rick Perry is out with a plan to reform Washington. Mostly, it’s just a bunch of gimmicks.

The Occupy movement is starting to face the reality that they really aren’t engaging in protected speech.

Barry Ritholtz lists a dozen causes of the financial crisis.

When the CFTC wanted to change a rule, Jon Corzine used his influence to stop them.