Outside the Beltway

Another Federal Court has declared the PPACA’s contraceptive coverage mandate to be unconstitutional.

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

Charlie Crist, and his tan, want the Governor’s Mansion back.

I’m happy that these incidents are so rare. But I can’t explain why it’s so.

Looking at Chris Christie as he interacts with voters in New Jersey offers a glimpse of just how he could succeed in a 2016 GOP nomination fight.

The news that Obama aides discussed a change to the 2012 ticket is part of the latest Halperin/Heilemann campaign history.

A Pentagon Equal Opportunity training manual points out the obvious.

Finally, the FAA acts to end a pretty dumb rule.

A majority of Americans now disapprove of President Obama’s performance and a whopping 70 percent think the country is moving in the wrong direction.

Could Congress actually pass some form of immigration reform before the midterms? Don’t bet on it just yet.

Some interesting polls out of Virginia today, but McAuliffe is still the clear leader in this race.

There is far less overlap between the two parties in the House–and the shift has been empirically rightward.

It’s no wonder there’s no compromise in Congress.

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

There’s still a week to go in Virginia’s Governor’s race, but it’s clear that this race is effectively over.

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

According to reports, the President had no idea that the NSA was listening to the phone calls of foreign leaders until this summer.

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

The faux scandal of today comes to us courtesy of The Daily Caller: “Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare website.”

With debate season over, it’s looking less and less likely that Virginia Republicans will be able to hold back the Democrats on November 5th.

The prospect of Congressional action on immigration before the midterms just got a whole lot less likely.

Even if it were functioning properly the Federal Health Care Exchange website would still have problems.

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?”

The bad roll out of the Affordable Care Act is starting to lead to calls for delays in enforcement of the law.

Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.

Chris Christie’s decision to take a tactical retreat on the issue of same-sex marriage raises some interesting questions for 2016.

Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.

And New Jersey makes fourteen, officially.

Will the GOP learn the right lessons from the just-concluded showdown? That remains to be seen.

Portland, Maine seems to about to make some progress in the fight against dumb laws.

Immigration reform may be the next big battle on Capitol Hill, but it’s going to be far different from the one that just concluded.

This is a good time to remind ourselves that the plural of anecdote is not data.