Outside the Beltway

Mitch McConnell is making promises to pro-life groups that the GOP probably won’t keep, but it’s still a politically risky move.

Strange goings on in Ohio.

In an ideal world, we would be more tolerant of leaders who held controversial positions. We don’t live in that world.

One in ten Army helicopter pilot is a woman, yet men account for 97% of injuries in helicopter accidents.

“It’s complicated” has long been an option to describe one’s romantic status on Facebook. Now, it applies to one’s sex as well.

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

About 1,000 same-sex couples married in Utah before the Supreme Court stay find themselves in an odd legal limbo.

A brain dead woman in Texas is being kept alive while a fetus that is still not viable grows inside of her.

For the time being at least, same-sex marriage is once again banned in Utah.

The IDF has finally put a woman in command of a battalion. They’re decades behind American forces.

The Marine Corps’ plan to make women take the same fitness test as men has hit a wee snag.

Developments overnight in a small but controversial issue raised by the PPACA.

Same-sex marriage remains the law of the land in one of the most conservative states in the nation, at least unless the Supreme Court says otherwise.

Scientists have discovered that heterosexual men alter their behavior around women.

Michelle Howard has become the highest ranking woman in the history of the US Navy–and the US military, period.

A victory for same-sex marriage in an unlikely place.

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

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

Much like the guy who’s afraid to talk to girls in High School, Republicans don’t seem to know how to talk to women. But their problems are actually bigger than that.

When worlds collide.

A leaked internal email has the Army in hot water with feminists.

The juxtaposition of two stories in the Marine Times strikes me as odd.

The state where the same-sex marriage battle began is just days away from legalizing same-sex marriage.

Legislation to ban discrimination in employment against gays and lesbians is set to make major gains in the Senate.

For some same-sex couples with a military spouse, living together on base is proving difficult to implement quickly.

A partial setback for the pro-life crowd out of Texas.

Few subjects rile members and veterans of military service more than changes to the uniform.

Women in Texas who changed their name when they got married may have trouble voting.

The good folks at The Guardian wonder, “Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?”

And New Jersey makes fourteen, officially.

And New Jersey makes 14.

The issue of same-sex marriage is likely to be resolved in New Jersey by early next year.

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

Convicted felon Bradley Manning has announced that she’d like to spend her confinement as Chelsea Manning.

Until this year, being gay could get you kicked out of the military. Now, it comes with perks.

Lieutenant General Michelle Johnson will be the first woman to lead a service academy.

The military has declared that Playboy and Penthouse don’t violate its standards but banned them from its exchanges, anyway.

Gay bars around the world are banning Russian vodka to protest the lack of gay rights in that country.

Bill and Hillary are not cool with Anthony and Huma’s recollection of the 1990s.

Last month, a retired Navy SEAL came out as transgender. Those still in uniform, however, must serve in silence.