Outside the Beltway

Nine years into a war that seems to be without end, it’s time to declare victory and go home.

Opposition to marriage equality is no longer the wedge issue it used to be.

President Obama’s decision to decline to defend Section Three of the Defense Of Marriage Act on appeal was a proper and appropriate exercise of his authority as President Of The United States.

A former Democratic state attorney general thinks Wisconsin’s Republican governor may have violated state ethics laws while on a prank phone call.

Wisconsin’s taxpayers are paying 100 percent of the cost of the benefits programs for state employees. But the benefits amount to a payment in kind.

Some conservatives are finally waking up and realizing what people like Glenn Beck are doing to the movement. It’s probably too late, though.

Judge Gladys Kessler upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, but she did so by essentially ruling that the Interstate Commerce Clause means whatever Congress wants it to mean.

The Media Bloggers Association has filed an amicus brief against a company which exists for the sole purpose of suing bloggers.

Is Saudi Arabia the next domino to fall in the Middle East? The Royal family is hoping that money will be enough to make sure that doesn’t happen.

The U.S. housing market is a long way from the glory days of the housing bubble, and that’s a good thing.

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum thinks we’ve been too hard on the Crusaders.

The Constitutional Reform Commitee has finished its work and will report its recommendations to the military.

Did a unit in Afghanistan engage in an IO operation against U. S. senators?

A new site will identify news articles based on press releases rather than journalism.

It’s a Republican meme that President Obama has “apologized” for America repeatedly. The one problem with the meme is that there aren’t any facts to support it.

A new set of polls from Gallup show that President Obama is still looking good for re-election.

The continuing chaos in Libya could have a serious impact on the U.S. economy, especially if it spreads to other oil producing nations.

Huge news in the marriage equality debate today as the Obama Administration has decided not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court anymore.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker did not campaign on the union-busting package he’s proposing now.

Federal laws designed to protect unions add yet another wrinkle to the Wisconsin standoff.

Calls are coming from both sides of the aisle for the U.S. to do “something” about the situation in Libya. It would be better if we didn’t get involved.

The Affordable Care Act has been ruled Constitutional in Holder v. Mead.