Outside the Beltway

Some conservatives are finally waking up and realizing what people like Glenn Beck are doing to the movement. It’s probably too late, though.

Judge Gladys Kessler upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, but she did so by essentially ruling that the Interstate Commerce Clause means whatever Congress wants it to mean.

The Media Bloggers Association has filed an amicus brief against a company which exists for the sole purpose of suing bloggers.

The Constitutional Reform Commitee has finished its work and will report its recommendations to the military.

Did a unit in Afghanistan engage in an IO operation against U. S. senators?

It’s a Republican meme that President Obama has “apologized” for America repeatedly. The one problem with the meme is that there aren’t any facts to support it.

A new set of polls from Gallup show that President Obama is still looking good for re-election.

The continuing chaos in Libya could have a serious impact on the U.S. economy, especially if it spreads to other oil producing nations.

Huge news in the marriage equality debate today as the Obama Administration has decided not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court anymore.

Federal laws designed to protect unions add yet another wrinkle to the Wisconsin standoff.

Calls are coming from both sides of the aisle for the U.S. to do “something” about the situation in Libya. It would be better if we didn’t get involved.

The Affordable Care Act has been ruled Constitutional in Holder v. Mead.

Is Jon Stewart a useful idiot?

There are a lot of issues on the table, so to speak, in the WI situation. Here I try to entangle them a bit.

A new national poll suggests that moves to restrict the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions are not popular with the public at large:

Since Barack Obama took office, federal taxes have been lower for pretty much everyone.

Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown was a Tea Party darling when he picked up Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat last year, but he’s not embracing the movement as he prepares to run for re-election next year.

Of the 314 police and firefighter unions in Wisconsin, only four endorsed Scott Walker.

Contrary to some assertions, Wisconsin public servants are not better compensated than their private sector counterparts.

The drive to cut taxes is at the heart of the budget mess.

Why not include police, firefighters and state troopers in the ban on collective bargaining?

The American right has become infected with the notion that Barack Obama isn’t just wrong, but evil. That won’t be healthy in the long run.