Outside the Beltway

Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times suffers a significant setback.

Another Cabinet member rebukes the President for his comments about Charlottesville.

The Trump Administration has reportedly finalized its order to the Defense Department regarding a ban on military service by transgender soldiers.

President Trump continues his war on one of the most important guardians of American democracy.

The Daily Caller crosses a line and doesn’t seem to regret it.

The dangers of the tyranny of the majority have only magnified.

A public intellectual is getting the help he needs.

The First Amendment protects the rights even of the people who gathered in Charlottesville to promote hatred and violence, However, it does not shield them from the consequences of that speech.

At least thirteen dead in an apparent terrorist attack in Spain.

Yes, even Nazis must have their rights to peaceful speech and assembly protected.

Donald Trump has had harsher things to say about Rosie O’Donnell than he did about the people responsible for yesterday’s violence. That says something about him.

A Federal Judge has ruled against an elected official who blocked a constituent from accessing her Facebook page.

Sad news about a Washington stalwart.

Twitter users who have been blocked on the service by President Trump are suing him, claiming that their First Amendment rights have been violated.

Sarah Palin has filed a defamation suit against The New York Times alleging defamation in an Editorial linking her to the January 2011 shooting of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. From the facts alleged, she appears to have a good case.

Once again, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to attack women, embarrass himself, and embarrass the nation he purports to represent.

Twitter is, in some way, the most vacuous and simplistic of all social media, and it also appears to be the President’s main intellectual outlet.

The Supreme Court rules that states cannot bar convicted felons from using social media sites.

Donald Trump thinks the media doesn’t like his Twitter habit. In reality, they love it.

A Congressman was shot, and a staffer and security detail members injured, at a practice session for tomorrow’s Congressional baseball game.

Donald Trump’s first Cabinet Meeting looked like something out of a Maoist propaganda video.

President Trump says he’d be willing to testify under oath in response to former F.B.I Director Comey’s accusations. That would be a mistake for several reasons.

If Donald Trump blocks you on Twitter does that constitute a First Amendment violation? Two Twitter users say yes, but their argument is very weak.

President Trump responded to last night’s terror attacks by taking to Twitter.

After 100 days in office, President Trump has very little to show for his work except to show that there’s no reason to trust his judgment going forward.

When a prominent political scientist committed suicide yesterday, I was deeply struck by how much he was like not only me but most of the people in my professional circle.

An apparent terrorist attack in Russia’s second largest city.

Rachel Maddow hyped the fact that she had obtained a copy of Trump’s 2005 tax return last night. It turned out to be much ado about nothing.

Part One in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan.

Ben Carson is back and he’s saying some pretty dumb things again.

Donald Trump took to Twitter again this morning with predictable results.

The Supreme Court will now consider a case regarding whether or not a state can bar a former felon from accessing social media sites.

Milo Yiannopoulos was a troll and a peddler in offensiveness, but the fact that he became a star on the American right was the result of a transformation of American conservatism that has been entirely unhealthy.

The President gathered supporters around him, and blatantly lied to them, so as to increase support for his policies.

There are two sides in this war between Trump and the media, but only one of them is the right side.

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

There were fireworks on the floor of the Senate last night, but it was really just politics as usual.

A Super Bowl ad will cost you a cool $5,000,000 for thirty seconds.

The first day of implementation of President Trump’s order barring immigration from certain Muslim nations did not go smoothly for the Administration.

The first full day of Donald Trump’s Presidency consisted largely of obsessions with irrelevant facts and outright lies.

A movement motivated by hurt and fear turned into a political force eight years ago. Can another follow suit?

It seems as though 2016 has taken many more celebrities lives than past years.

Survivors and family members of the Pulse Nightclub attack have filed what amounts to a frivolous lawsuit.

Ambassador Karlov is mostly likely not a modern day Archduke Franz Ferdinand.