Outside the Beltway

Factions on the right and left continue to charge one another with trying to politicize the Tucson murders. They’re now nitpicking the memorial service.

There appears to be bipartisan support for repealing one of the most egregious tax rules in last year’s Affordable Care Act

Mitt Romney has hired my wife’s boss as his pollster.

One columnist argues that Sarah Palin’s response to the Arizona shootings mark the end of whatever political future she might have had. He’s probably correct.

Kay Bailey Hutchison will not run for re-election to the U.S. Senate.

Palin’s “blood libel” speech continued to keep here in the conversation about Tucson, and not in a positive way.

Despite anecdotal evidence debunking global warming, 2010 was another record year for warm temperatures.

After five days of nonsense, President Obama’s address in Tucson last night struck exactly the right tone.

I’m blogging Mark Levin’s Conservative Manifesto. Here’s part one…

America’s foremost tax foe has weighed in on the Afghanistan War debate.

There was now snow on the ground in every single one of the 50 states — including Hawaii, which had snowfall on one of its volcanoes — except for Florida.

By this point in the last presidential cycle, there were already 14 major party candidates who had publicly announced. There are zero today.

Sarah Palin released a statement today about the Arizona shootings and the debate that has followed. It’s unlikely to help her.

What happens if Southern Sudan’s independence referendum succeeds?

Social conservatives are upset with CPAC again. This time, it’s because the conference they’re not attending has invited someone they don’t like.

The Supreme Court’s refusal to take up the appeal of a far-reaching Commerce Clause case may indicate rough times ahead for challenges to ObamaCare

Faced with mounting debt, the lame duck Illinois legislature rushed through a massive tax hike in the wee hours this morning.

Defying logic, New York City taxis are least available when they’re most needed: as people are getting off work.

UQ’s Thoreau makes a compelling point: “Usually people blame the 2nd amendment for a mass shooting. This time they’re blaming the 1st. But why not all the others?”