Outside the Beltway

Glenn Reynolds has an interesting piece out today in the Columbia Law Review.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

Some thoughts on the ongoing situation in Egypt.

The complicated issues surrounding U.S. aid to Egypt.

Could Rick Perry recover from his disastrous 2012 campaign to become a viable candidate?

The prominent media critic will no longer bother criticizing CNN for not living up to the standards of the profession.

The paramilitarization of American law enforcement has had deadly consequences.

A privacy rights group has filed a Petition with the Supreme Court regarding recent actions by the FISA Court.

Shocking news out of California.

We won’t have Rick Perry to kick around any more.

There is either a military government or an Islamist one in Egypt’s future.

Michael Donley announced he was stepping down as Secretary of the Air force in April and did so in June. No replacement has been named.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says revealing that the United States is spying on its allies has undermined their trust.

Is 2013 the year of second acts in American politics? Eliot Spitzer seems to be the latest disgraced politician to hope that it is.

Despite yesterday’s tragic events in San Francisco, flying by plane remains the safest way to travel.

Words don’t always mean what you think they mean.

Chief Justice Roberts is the only person who gets to say who sits on the FISA Court.

Richard Calderoni was arrested after acting like a jerk on an airplane.

Don’t blame “secret courts” for the government’s expanded spying on American citizens and allies.

Two thirds of us are overweight but we still think fat people are pigs.

A decade ago. a certain New York Times columnist was more right than your humble host.

The events of the last week in Egypt raise a whole host of questions.

A Brazilian soccer referee was tortured and beheaded after fatally stabbing a player.

The recording industry has sent its 25 millionth Google takedown notice, trying to kill links that sprung up because of earlier takedown notices.

While the military was ousting Egypt’s democratically elected president, the US Secretary of State was on his yacht.

Forget about the budget deficit and spending. The Tea Party apparently now considers stopping immigration reform to be its most important task.

The French were indignant about reports of the NSA’s surveillance programs. Now we know they have own of their own.

A case from Nevada provides another example of police abuse, and a possible claim arising under the long-forgotten Third Amendment.

June’s Jobs Report was healthy, but the economy still needs to do better.

Liberal leaders want Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire so President Obama can appoint her successor. She wants to hang around another decade.

Contemporary Americans accept actions by the state that were once the cause for revolt.

Yesterday’s coup in Egypt, a day before we celebrate our own independence, reminds us of something else worth celebrating.

Military coups used to be far more common than they are today.