Outside the Beltway

There’s a very simple reason why gun control is stalling in Congress despite its popularity in the polls.

America’s largest theater chain has slashed the hours of thousands of workers to stay under the ObamaCare threshold.

We treat violence by lone individuals differently than organized violence. Race, religion, and national origin have nothing to do with that.

The prospects for gun control appear to be dimming.

Peter Bergen says government crackdowns since the Oklahoma City and 9/11 attacks have made getting bomb making materials harder.

There’s a lot we still don’t know about what happened in Boston, so maybe it’s time to stop speculating.

Alex Madrigal reports that “71% of Facebook Users Engage in ‘Self-Censorship.'” That strikes me as low.

We shouldn’t overreact. But we shouldn’t fool ourselves either: We’re not safe.

A former Navy SEAL charges that Blackwater snipers killed American citizens in New Orleans during Katrina’s aftermath.

Chuck Hagel has countermanded his predecessor and canceled the Distinguished Warfare Medal.

Tragedy in Boston.

Jerry Brown tells the US Supreme Court to go to hell.

The Supreme Court has ducked an opportunity to expand the holdings in D.C. v. Heller

Southerners lie about their weight–but not as much as those lyin’ Yankees.

The artist known as Kid Rock endorsed Mitt Romney but now says he’s “embarrassed to be a Republican.” Because of their stance on paperless tickets, naturally.

Are we heading toward an era where a diagnosis of mental illness becomes an instrument for state oppression?

Desktop PC sales fell by nearly 14% in the first quarter, continuing an ongoing trend. There are many reasons this is happening.

A mix of media and abortion politics.

A preventative strike against North Korea is a bad idea.

Keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people while protecting individual liberty isn’t easy.

Calvin Watkins considers “The sad case of Sam Hurd,” a former wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears.