Outside the Beltway

Uni-watch is holding a contest for a redesign of the uniforms for the NFL’s Washington Redskins.

There are a number of problems with the notion that the Federalist Papers provide a perfect guide to the Constitution.

The New Yorker’s John Cassidy sees “Good and Bad News for Obama” in Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat.

The GOP seems to be backing away from a position on same-sex marriage that was a prominent part of its message only a short time ago.

An lesson from the United Kingdom in the importance of protecting freedom of speech.

The NFL fined the team two draft picks and suspended the head coach a full year and the GM 8 games.

Seven of the top ten and fifteen of the top twenty universities on the planet are American.

What does it mean to have a limited government?

Attorney General Eric Holder offered a somewhat alarming defense of the Administration’s policy on targeted killings.

Davy Jones, the face of The Monkees, has died.

Senator Mike Enzi wants to replace the Dollar Bill with a coin. As with past efforts, it’s a great idea that is unlikely to succeed.

Mitt Romney’s view of the ideal relationship between the United States and Israel is, at the very least. quite odd, and, potentially, dangerous.

College football coaching salaries jumped 35 percent last year and 55 percent in the last six.

Tim Tebow has been at the center of a culture war battle, but he seems to have a more balanced view of the whole thing.

How far should the press go in challenging assertions by politicians?

A far-reaching decision from the Supreme Court protecting religious liberty.

There’s no perfect system for choosing a champion but we can do better than this.

The problem with Europe may not be the Euro, but the fact that there really aren’t any Europeans.

Rick Santorum returns to his old ways when asked about same-sex marriage.

Philip Hammond addressed the Atlantic Council this morning in advance of a meeting with Leon Panetta.

If you’re running low on cash, keeping it low-key in a state you can’t win sometimes make sense.

A smoking gun?

In a desperate bid to save a floundering campaign, Rick Perry is willing to sacrifice important freedoms.

Once again, Newt Gingrich speaks without thinking.

How did Republicans get in this mess?

Treating entertainment as entertainment is one thing. Treating it as news and education is another.

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

The popular program was even less successful than we initially thought.

It’s the 5% versus the 1% moreso than the 99% against the 1%.

Commonwealth leaders agreed to drop rules that give sons precedence as heir to the throne and bar anyone in line for the crown from marrying a Roman Catholic.

A case from the U.K. demonstrates why it’s a good thing to have a strong, written, Bill Of Rights.

It’s time to start being concerned about Europe.

Elizabeth Warren has a deeply flawed view of our social contract.

Like clockwork, the arguments for creation of a third party are popping up again.

During last night’s debate, Mitt Romney repeated a charge that has become part of the conservative zeitgeist. But is it true?

Now that the storm has passed, the media is being accused of over-hyping Hurricane Irene.