Outside the Beltway

The scandal that will make everyone forget about Benghazi.

The confirmation of a new Attorney General has been held up nearly six months for what amounts to no legitimate reason.

When it comes to marijuana policy, Chris Christie is stuck in the past.

The parents of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombing argue that his killer should be spared from the death penalty.

Like nearly all of his fellow Republicans, Jeb Bush has adopted the disastrous foreign policy views that typified his brother’s Presidency.

The Disneyland measles outbreak wasn’t enough to overcome anti-vaccine forces.

150 years later, Abraham Lincoln continues to inspire us.

TSA abuse stories had kind of disappeared from the news, but they’re back now in a big way.

Another step forward for U.S.-Cuban relations.

After months of resistance, the White House will allow Congressional review of any deal with Iran, but it may not hamper negotiations much in the end.

Conditioning an Iranian nuclear deal on recognition of Israel is foolish, unrealistic, and very bad diplomacy.

A volunteer for an Oklahoma Sheriff’s Department killed a suspect thanks to what can only be described as extreme criminal negligence.

Some thoughts on a column by Roger Noriega on the Obama administration and Latin America,

Ben Carson will be entering the race for President next month, but don’t pretend for a minute that he’s a serious candidate.

Many of America’s top law firms have declined to accept cases defending bans on same-sex marriage, and that’s okay.

A new survey suggests that fewer Americans lack health insurance than at any time since that number was first measured.

Australia has an interesting new idea about how to encourage parents to vaccinate their children.

Marco Rubio is the first Republican in the race who actually has a plausible chance to win the nomination, but it’s not going to be easy.

Unlike most world leaders, Pope Francis is wiling to call a genocide a genocide.

So, she’s in.

Legislators in Tennessee have taken the “gun rights” argument further than it was ever intended to go.

His poll numbers are down, the GOP base is not hospitable, but Chris Christie still seems to be thinking about running for President.

I’m not sure this is a concern that rises to the level of an article at The Atlantic.

Fox News’ Catherine Herridge is creating a scandal where none exists.

A new poll suggests that the American public does not support laws that give religious exemptions to businesses that want to discriminate based on sexual orientation.

To the surprise of few, Hillary Clinton is running for President

One freshman Senator seems to think that war with Iran would be easy, just like Republicans used to think that war against Iraq would be easy.

An unsurprising outcome as we approach the second anniversary of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.

Rand Paul has changed position on several foreign policy issues, but he doesn’t seem to want to talk about it.

Thanks to one civilian with a camera, a police officer is facing charges in what appears to clearly be an improper shooting.

Rand Paul is the latest Republican to enter the race, but his path to even becoming a contender is a difficult one at best.

Democrats like New York Senator Chuck Schumer could end up being the ones that scuttle the Iranian nuclear deal.

One Missouri legislator is going on a crusade against a “problem” that may not actually exist.

Scott Walker’s response to the Iranian nuclear deal is perhaps the most irresponsible so far.

A bill pending in Louisiana seems likely to become the next national focus in the debate between marriage equality and claims of ‘religious freedom.’

The political media is breathlessly reporting on every event in a campaign that is just beginning, and voters aren’t really paying attention to it at this point.