Outside the Beltway

Kansas Republicans are threatening to cut off funding for the entire state judicial system if the state’s Supreme Court strikes down a law the legislature likes.

Americans are growing more tolerant of gays and gay marriage, with irrelevant exceptions.

In a case that took seven months to decide, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Presidency’s broad authority in foreign affairs, and inserted itself just a little bit in the thorny politics of the Middle East.

In a setback for the gun rights movement, the Supreme Court has let stand a San Francisco law that places tough restrictions on handgun ownership.

Even with a recent negative downturn in the polls, the reports of Hillary Clinton’s impending political demise are largely wishful thinking on the part of conservatives.

Turkey’s governing party suffered big setbacks at the ballot box yesterday.

The highest court in New York state has ruled that an undocumented immigrant brought to the U.S. as a child can be admitted to practice law.

Lee Siegel takes to the NYT to explain “Why I Defaulted on My Student Loans.”

Dave Schuler proposes a “radical idea” to safeguard individual privacy “in the wake of the hacking of Sony and the multiple credit card exploits over the last year or so.”

He hasn’t declared yet, but Scott Walker is running for President, and he’s pandering to the most extreme wing of the Republican Party.

Humans have been getting progressively bigger, faster, and stronger. Not so horses.

A wealthy alumnus has given Harvard $400 million, sparking a heated debate.

Being required to demonstrate competency in liberal arts to teach is racially discriminatory, a federal judge has ruled.

A thirty-seven year long drought is over.

One more on this topic.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been charged criminally for its role in covering up sexual abuse of children by Priests.

Yet another poll shows that most Americans support a path to citizenship, and that a majority of Republican agree with them.

An Air Force general is bragging about a targeting technique being used against ISIS.

This is perhaps the silliest idea ever.

Most Americans think that income inequality is a problem, but they don’t all agree on what to do about it.

The New York Times is on top of the breaking news about Marco Rubio’s driving record for some reason.

Rick Perry is hoping to do something that hasn’t happened before in American politics, come back from a campaign that imploded.

Republicans running for President need to tread carefully in their responses if the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide.

Once seen as a rising Republican star, Bobby Jindal’s impending Presidential bid now looks like it’s over before it begins.

After months of “not running,” Jeb Bush will formally enter the Presidential race on June 15th.

It’s getting easier and easier to cut the cord.

Lincoln Chafee began his bizarre run for the Presidency in the strangest way possible.

I have been reading, mostly in passing, a number of pieces about an alleged new climate on college campuses in which students are raising significant complaints due to difficult or emotionally sensitive material. The latest example did not impress me.

A new poll shows that Americans have moved to the left on a wide variety of social issues.

Obviously, most of these people are smart enough to realize they can’t possibly win, right?

Does an individual’s changed gender identity alter history?

The Senate passed a bill that renews, and modifies, the Patriot Act