Outside the Beltway

As public education continues to wallow in the past, some parents are looking elsewhere for alternatives.

The Romney campaign has hurt the press corps’ feelings.

Sometimes, we just ought to accept the fact that people have disagreements when it comes to hot-button social issues.

Disseting the Romney visit to the UK and musing about the state of GOP foreign policy views.

An important ruling on the Obama Administration’s contraceptive coverage mandate from a Judge in Colorado.

My latest for World Policy Review, “Oversight or Not, Drones Are Here to Stay,” has posted.

The US government has an odd and unproductive view on the concept of talks.

The GDP report shows the economy slowed in the second quarter, to the surprise of nobody.

The campaign silly season took a trip across the pond.

Justice Scalia explains why the Supreme Court resists the idea of letting cameras into the court. He makes a persuasive case.

Kids, the President of the United States has a message for you: stop hanging out and get to work.

Those of you looking to fill your October evenings now have three presidential and one vice presidential debate to look forward to.

There are still three months or so go. The race is incredibly tight. And, voters are starting to really dislike both candidates.

Two words spoken by a Romney aide have led to a ridiculous firestorm on the right, while the rest of their comments are being ignored.

One Chicago politician is using clearly unconstitutional tactics in the political war on Chick-fil-A

One would think that people who have decided that commenting on a political blog under their own name isn’t worth the risk of blowback would feel a certain sympathy for a scientist-astronaut who values her privacy deciding not to tell the world she was gay.

Don’t look for an effort to enact new gun laws in the wake of the Aurora shootings.

What is wrong with us?

Andrew Sullivan believes Sally Ride “had a chance to expand people’s horizons and young lesbians’ hope and self-esteem, and she chose not to.”

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died yesterday aged 61. Her obituary revealed that she was gay.

Between the polls and the state of the economy, It’s rather obvious why the Obama campaign keeps trying to change the subject.

Polling racial attitudes and its linkage to support fro voter ID laws.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

It would be nice if people who make authoritative decisions had some idea what they are talking about.