Outside the Beltway

Nora Caplan-Bricker contends that, “Mike Huckabee Could Be President—If Only He Wanted It.”

Young voters reject political parties to a greater extent than other voters, but on policy issues they trend Democratic

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.

Is there anything that could stop the Clinton juggernaut?

Casting a bit of cartographic light on the crisis in Ukraine.

A rich guy wants to break up California.

What if the jobless recovery is but the beginning of a trend?

Lack of understanding or basic dishonesty?

Another day, another delay

A CBO report on the Affordable Care Act is getting a polarized reading.

Demand for mid-range goods and services seems to be on the decline.

Most Americans now see America’s decade of war as a failure.

The American justice system is unique.

A commonly cited statistic in support of the “equal pay” argument does not stand up to scrutiny.

Republican leaders continue to say stupid things. They may still retake the Senate in November.

Conor Friedersdorf turns the oft-asked question on its head.

The advice “Do what you love. Love what you do” is not without pitfalls.

Most peer-reviewed research is crap.

Let’s think about how the media operates.

Why do we persist in going to war?

Polarization is not the cause of our problems.

Once again, a poll shows that large numbers of Americans, and most Americans, reject Evolution via Natural Selection as the explanation for humanity’s origin. How do we explain that?

Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.

Nobel physicist Peter Higgs says he could not make it in academia today.

Is Harvard University the Lake Wobegon of the Ivy League or are Harvard students really that smart?

(Absolutely nothing).

Politics aside, the challenges to the PPACA’s birth control mandate raise important legal issues.

It may not strike most people as “fun,” but there’s nothing wrong with retailers being open on Thanksgiving Day.

Daylight Savings Time ends early on Sunday. Perhaps it should never return.

A Pentagon Equal Opportunity training manual points out the obvious.

“If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it.” Well, not really.

Here’s our debate over shutting down the government over Obamacare in a nutshell.

It’s a party thing.

(And a Postscript on Recent Discussion of the South)

The real world impact of what’s happening in Washington is becoming apparent.

With key conservatives pushing for sanity, the grown-ups have a chance to take back the GOP.

Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?

It remains to be seen whether Congressional Republicans will force a government shutdown. What’s already clear is how counterproductive it would be.

History matters.

The communications chairman of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County wished a horrible death on the children of Ted Cruz’ speechwriter.

The world changed significantly twelve years ago today. Will it ever change back even a little bit?

Bombing Country B to “send a message” to Country A is not a valid argument for bombing Country B.

Discussion of privacy really ought to be focused on the legal regime, not technical capabilities.

The president’s public dithering on Syria is drawing jeers from friend and foe alike.

Humanitarian wars have their own grammar but not their own logic.

And Republicans wonder why they have problems with minority voters.

Some thoughts on reform.

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is the latest conservative to endorse the foolish idea of a Constitutional Convention.

Bradley Manning’s announcement that she wishes to begin living life as a woman poses some interesting legal questions.

With more than a little hyperbole, George Will declares “Obama’s unconstitutional steps worse than Nixon’s.”