Outside the Beltway

The beginnings of a populist challenge to Hillary Clinton in 2016?

Some recent political science on the subject.

Does your kid qualify for subsidized lunch? One candidate for Senate in Georgia wants to put them to work.

In which we ponder the great questions of the day………

The President is neither messiah nor devil, and the media does the public no favors when it treats him as either.

At least one person wonders why the US Army honors Confederate generals.

The U.S. delegation to Russia’s Sochi Olympics will feature no high profile politicians and several openly gay athletes.

The Virginia Attorney General’s race recount seems to be going in favor of the Democratic candidate.

Fourth time’s the charm? Probably not.

Felons! Foreigners! When will the madness end?

Does a determination that NSA data collection practices are likely unconstitutional mean that Edward Snowden’s actions were, in some sense, justified?

Ron Fournier sees major similarities but ignores key differences.

For a year that seemed to start out so well, 2013 has been among the President’s worst of this five years he’s been in office.

No person has been elected Senator in a second state after serving as Senator in another, but Scott Brown seems set to give it a try.

A potentially big legal setback for a big National Security Agency program.

If Amazon gives discounts to people with children, is it acceptable to falsely claim you have a child in order to get a discount?

An example of how copyright laws have been perverted to protect corporate interests rather than encourage artistic creativity.

When it comes to thinks like Mike Bloomberg’s large-sized soda ban, most Americans prefer to just say no.

No previously published works have entered the US Public Domain since 1978. And none are scheduled to enter until 1923. So what are we missing?

Johnny can’t write, either.

The Fox News Channel created “War On Christmas” officially entered the absurd zone last week.

David Brooks thinks that the problem with American Government is that the Presidency isn’t strong enough.

Time to watch a bit of true American exceptionalism in action.

Without a deal of some kind, it’s quite likely that Edward Snowden will remain beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement or some time to come.