Outside the Beltway

Would increasing the size of the House of Representatives be the cure for what ails Congress?

There’s nothing wrong with choosing not to vote.

A Maine Judge has largely rejected the efforts of the State of Maine to restrict the movements of Kaci Hickcox

Two states and the nation’s capital could have legal marijuana after Tuesday’s elections.

The odds say that the GOP will end up with a Senate majority in the 114th Congress when all the votes are counted, but if it doesn’t happen then there’s likely to be quite a battle inside the GOP.

Once again, reporters and pundits are arguing that Chris Christie’s “New Jersey style” won’t play well on the stump. I’m not so sure they’re right.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has officially revealed an open secret.

At this rate, it’s unlikely the House will file any kind of lawsuit against President Obama until 2015, assuming it ever files anything.

Important numbers in recent polling suggest big problems for Democrats on Tuesday.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

With the midterms over, it’s time for Sarah Palin to start grifting again.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul continues to challenge Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy, and that’s a good thing.

Mandatory quarantines are a massive violation of personal liberty. We ought to be careful in how, when, and why we impose them and who they are directed toward.

Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie picked an odd issue on which to start his closing argument to Virginia voters.

Facing a tough re-election battle, Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is engaging in abject fearrmongering.

The Koch Brothers are putting money behind an effort to reform a part of the legal system that is ignored far too often.

The City of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho will not force two Christian ministers to open their wedding chapel business to same-sex wedding ceremonies.

Things are looking good for the GOP to take over the Senate, but there are still several right races that could tip the balance one way or the other.

After an avalanche of negative commentary, the Governors of New York and New Jersey have modified their policy regarding quarantining people returning from west Africa.

The first person to be quarantined under the new policy announced by New York and New Jersey is raising concerns about the way she was treated, and whether the policy is even the right idea.

In many states, there aren’t really any races at all this year even if both parties have candidates on the ballot.

It’s been three months, but there’s been no action on the lawsuit that the House of Representatives said it was filing against President Obama.

The most bizarre race of 2014 is finally over.

Another school shooting.

A Federal Judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by Tea Party groups over the IRS targeting scandal.

An idea whose time has come? Not really.

What if the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting fails to indict Officer Darren Wilson? We may find out if newly leaked evidence is accurate.

Polls continue to show that most Americans are largely tuning the midterms out.

There’s at least a 50-50 chance we won’t know who controls the Senate until weeks after Election Day.

The passing of a true legend in American journalism.

Despite conventional wisdom, there remains little incentive for the GOP to change its position on immigration reform.

As usual, politicians and pundits are helping to create a climate of fear and concern about Ebola that is not justified by the facts.

CNN’s effort to bring back a show that had outlived its prime years ago has, predictably, failed.

New York State’s gun law takes rights away from nearly 35,000 people without any due process whatsoever.

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.

A collision between marriage equality and religious liberty, but it seems clear that religious liberty should win this one.

Yahoo has given a click-bait headline to a Reuters report, “Obama makes rare campaign trail appearance, people leave early.”