Outside the Beltway

Last week’s opinions from the Fourth Circuit provide an avenue for the Supreme Court to avoid an early ruling on the individual mandate.

Asserting the Social Security needs reform is one thing. Asserting its failure is another.

Jon Huntsman is out with a tax and jobs plan that deserves a lot more attention than it’s likely to get.

How would a Democrat-equivalent of Rick Perry be received?

Florida’s new law requiring welfare recipients to pass drug tests seems to clearly violate the Fourth Amendment.

Is America’s political system to blame for our current problems?

My first piece for CNN has been posted at Fareed Zakaria’s Global Public Square.

Rubio may be wowing conservatives audience, but is his rhetoric grounded in reality?

Rick Perry’s vision of capitalism doesn’t exactly comply with what Adam Smith had in mind.

Some Republicans apparently still aren’t satisfied with the 2012 field.

Like the rest of us, financial analysts across the globe are trying to figure out what the U.S. debt downgrade means.

By insisting on perfection in the debt ceiling debate, the Tea Party has made itself irrelevant to the process.

Charles Krauthammer claims we are in the midst of a great debate. I am not so sure.

Should the state be able to take your kid away if he gets too fat?

A space shuttle lifted off for the last time on Friday, and some people seem to think its the beginning of the end of America.

Do people who take advantage of tax breaks get a “government benefit”?

Usually, Defendants plead guilty for perfectly rational reasons.

The first Appeals Court decision on the Affordable Care Act was a victory for the government.

Bachmann’s views on the Founders and slavery are more significant than simply a question of how to classify John Quincy Adams.

The Senate Republican leader is running a shrewd political game. But what’s good for the GOP is bad for America.

A former opponent of same-sex marriage admits he was wrong.

If someone had given me ten guesses as to the biggest electricity hog in my house, I’d have never guessed it: The set-top box that houses my DirecTV signal and DVR.

Tim Pawlenty’s new fiscal plan isn’t very grounded in reality.

The 4th Circuit has asked for supplemental briefs on an issue that could put a quick end to the lawsuits against the Affordable Care Act.

Rand Paul has borrowed a bad idea from the 2008 Presidential campaign.

Santorum has an interesting theory about the decline of great powers.

The impact of the death of Osama bin Laden on the domestic politics is likely to be minimal at best.

One of the Tea Party movement’s favorite Senators used the dreaded c-word.

Whenever I despair at the current state of the Republican Party, I remind myself that things aren’t much better across the aisle.

Paul Ryan unveiled an ambitious plan to cut the deficit today. The question is whether it will be the beginning of a debate, or an opportunity for Democratic demagoguery

The Supreme Court will decide whether states may jail parents who fail to make child support payments without providing them an attorney.

It’s time to end the ability of public sector labor unions to hold taxpayers hostage.

On the eve of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, another shot has been fired by those boycotting the meeting due to the presence of a gay conservative group.

Yet another study finds conservatives wildly underrepresented in higher education.

Examining Levin’s examination of the Constitution, jurisprudence, and property rights.

Is American policy in the Middle East dictated by national interest or interest groups?

The debate over Senator Rand Paul’s proposed $500 billion spending cut plan has focused almost exclusively on one issue, and one nation.

Arizona looks to be the latest state to try to revive the discredited doctrine of nullification.

Inevitably, the Nazis made an appearance during yesterday’s debate over health care reform in the House. It’s time for it to stop, or at least time for the rest of us to stop taking seriously anyone who resorts to such arguments.