Outside the Beltway

Examining Levin’s examination of the Constitution, jurisprudence, and property rights.

Is the only possible motivation conservatives could possibly have for calling out the lunatic fringe a desire for the acceptance of liberals?

Ronald Reagan would have turned 100 today. Here are some thoughts on his legacy.

Sarah Palin said something about the crisis in Egypt, but it’s not at all clear what she meant.

President Obama’s approval numbers have dropped 9 points since the Egypt crisis broke out.

Sarah Palin spoke about Ronald Reagan last night, but seems to have forgotten the optimism that is part of The Gipper’s legacy.

A new Wikileaks revelation indicates that the U.S. may have paid a heavy price to get a deal on New START.

TSA screeners will now have the right to join a union. Or at least a union that can’t actually negotiate much of anything.

While most Americans consider themselves “conservatives,” some conservatives exclude most Americans from the definition.

Some in Washington are claiming the intelligence community missed the warning signs of unrest in Tunisia and Egypt in what looks like little more than an effort to create scapegoats if things go wrong.

The debate over Senator Rand Paul’s proposed $500 billion spending cut plan has focused almost exclusively on one issue, and one nation.

Virginia Thomas’s political activism is once again a political issue.

The January jobs report is, in a word, disappointing.

Virginia will petition the Supreme Court to bypass the normal appellate process and hear the appeal of its lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act early.

Arizona looks to be the latest state to try to revive the discredited doctrine of nullification.

Egypt entered a second day of chaos with all signs pointing to things getting worse before they get better.

Glenn Beck seems to have more in common with End Time preachers than he does with a serious political analyst.

In response to charges that it was attempting restrict abortion access beyond the boundaries of the Hyde Amendment, the GOP has agreed to drop the phrase “forcible rape” from its abortion bill.

No, the legislation does not in any way “suggest that some kind of rape that would be okay.”

While illegal immigration in the United States remains enormous, it has dropped considerably over the last three years.