Outside the Beltway

The issue of same-sex marriage will be before the Supreme Court early next year.

The Air Force has a leadership crisis.

Why the bureaucratic tyrants at the FDA regulate your yuletide drinks.

Congress is trying to re-write a law that the Supreme Court found unconstitutional in June. Have they succeeded?

It seems that FreedomWorks is imploding in the wake of Dick Armey’s sudden resignation.

Outgoing Senator Jim Webb is making another attempt at passing the Stolen Valor Act, deemed unconstitutional last year by the US Supreme Court.

Elections put the players in office. They don’t dictate the outcome of the game.

House Speaker John Boehner has purged the body’s key financial committees of members of his caucus that didn’t toe the line.

Actress Ashley Judd is reportedly considering a run for the United States Senate.

Dick Armey has resigned as chairman of Tea Party group FreedomWorks over unspecified principles.

Perhaps we should take a pass on trying to reach a deal on resolving issues propelling us toward the Fiscal Cliff.

Whenever a Republican mentions the ‘Bush tax cuts,’ they should also talk about going back to the ‘Clinton tax rates.’

Vilifying Thomas Jefferson is as much as mistake as placing him on a pedestal.

In a NYT op-ed titled “The Monster of Monticello” Paul Finkelman expresses his befuddlement that people play down Thomas Jefferson’s legacy as a slave owner.

Harvard’s pet conservative offers a critique of the Democratic Party that reads like something from the OTB comments section.

One of West Point’s first female graduates has married her long-time girlfriend at the Cadet Chapel.

Conservatives seem to be viewing the Fiscal Cliff through rose-colored glasses.

Ron Fournier details how Bill Clinton and George W. Bush taught him how to understand his son, Tyler, who has Asperger’s syndrome.

With just about a month to go before we hit the “Fiscal Cliff.” things don’t look good at all.

Once again, there are proposals to eliminate the Dollar Bill. It’s a good idea, which is why it’s not likely to go anywhere.

Thinking can be an uncomfortable exercise.

Possibly a big week for the Supreme Court.

The Republican Party needs a new message on foreign policy that is true to the conservative principles of the base and yet has a broad appeal to the American public.