Outside the Beltway

The phrase “American Taliban” is usually off the mark. However, sometimes it is closer to the mark than we might like.

The Catholic Church has fired a legal shot across the bow of the Affordable Care Act.

Andrew Sullivan wants the Catholic Church to give up its hatred of homosexuals. There’s another alternative.

Dharun Ravi was convicted of bias intimidation toward Tyler Clementi. It’s not at all clear that he should have been.

Sure, he routinely uses gender-specific slurs against conservative women. But he’s not a misogynist!

What does it mean to have a limited government?

Rick Santorum’s inability to stay away from the culture wars may have been his undoing.

A discussion in the comments thread of my “Time Running Out For GOP?” post led me to a post from four-plus years ago by frequent commenter and erstwhile blogger* Michael Reynolds titled “Money, Bombs and Jesus.”

Rick Santorum’s views on the role of religion in public life are built on lies about American history.

Rick Santorum is at the front of a brigade that wants to re-fight the sexual revolution. They’ll lose.

The latest round of protests in Afghanistan prove yet again that it’s time for us to leave.

A man who has three degrees from three public universities considers the President of the United States a “snob.”

Reading journal articles, so you don’t have to.

Santorum and stewardship of the Earth.

A study of religiosity and young adults found that those who attend college are actually less likely to experience religious decline than those who do not attend college.

Rick Santorum would do well to listen to the words of the last Catholic to be President of the United States.

Virginia has become the latest battleground for advocates of laws that define life as being at conception.

Rick Santorum is Michele Bachmann level crazy. Yet he’s arguably the Republican frontrunner right now.

Some polling numbers to go along with the speculation.

The Obama Administration’s proposed solution to the impasse over contraceptives is unlikely to end the debate.

Should we just hand “marriage” over to churches and have civil unions for everyone else?

Will the Obama Administration’s decision on contraceptive coverage by the Catholic Church have an impact in November?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had some advice on Constitution drafting for Egyptians

The AFA strikes again.

Requiring a religious institution to comply with civilian laws is not a violation of religious liberty.

The polls are open in the South Carolina.

I can’t be the only one who cringed at his applause line: “To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine.”

Ronald Reagan wasn’t really much a of a “Christian Conservative.”