Outside the Beltway

A story headlined “American Airlines Rejects Female Passenger Because Political Pro-Choice T-Shirt is ‘Inappropriate'” is going viral.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

The margin between Barack Obama and Mitt Romeny is razor-thin, and it’s likely to stay that way for quite some time.

Figuring out how much of the opposition to a black president is based on racism is . . . complicated.

Another reason to give everyone adiditional pause (as there already ought to be some) for anyone looking to Breitbart’s empire for good information.

A North Carolina teacher screamed and cursed at students for criticizing President Obama.

The “Clinton-Biden Switcheroo” Scenario is the pundit’s fantasy that will not die.

States actually have constitutional authority over the selection of electors, not of the president.

The Catholic Church has fired a legal shot across the bow of the Affordable Care Act.

The people who gave us the “war on Christmas” are now touting an upsurge on black-on-white crime.

Yesterday, Cory Booker committed the rookie mistake of saying what was on his mind.

Alan Dershowitz thinls the charges against George Zimmerman should be dropped. With due apologies to the good Professor, he’s wrong.

Innocent people have gone to jail, and some of them are still sitting there.

Recipe plagiarism and a bonus tale.

Republican politicians have largely avoided the topic of same-sex marriage since President Obama’s announcement. Why?

For years, I’ve used Loretta Lynn as an example of how fast societal mores have changed. It turns out that her marriage at age 13 may be a bit of myth making.

Here’s why nobody in Washington will allow the Bush Tax Cuts to expire.

Eduardo Saverin has become a political whipping boy.

Americans Elect is dead. This should surprise nobody.

Your tax dollars should not be paying for this.

All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.

White babies now constitute slightly less than half of American births.

Thoughts on tradition, church, and state.

A pro-Republican SuperPAC may be bringing the Jeremiah Wright story back. That would be bad news for the Romney campaign.

Common Cause has filed a specious lawsuit alleging that the filibuster is unconstitutional.

A new poll finds that adding Chris Christie to the ticket would fail to deliver New Jersey to the Republicans.