Outside the Beltway

Senate Republicans want to rethink the 14th Amendment’s automatic citizenship for people born in the U.S.

In arguing against lifting liability caps on offshore drilling, the Wall Street Journal is arguing against both moral responsibility and the free market.

As the campaign in Kentucky heats up for the final sprint to November, Rand Paul seems to have succeeded in moving beyond many of the mis-steps that plagued him three months ago.

A Federal District Court Judge has allowed a lawsuit against the Obama Administration’s health care reform law filed by the Commonwealth of Virginia to proceed.

A growing number of conservatives are in dismay about the state of their movement.

In the first entry in this series we looked at a basic question of democratic theory. In this one, we look at whether the EC ever worked as the Framers intended.

Twenty-five years after retiring as President Reagan’s Budget Director, David Stockman is back with a scathing indictment of Republican fiscal policies over the past four decades.

Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan shared his views on extending the Bush tax cuts today on MTP.

American Conservatism has changed significantly since the days of William F. Buckley Jr. One former National Review editor says that it’s changed for the worse.

General Motors, and Barack Obama, are betting the future on a car that may be nothing more than an electric lemon.

Democrats have not figured out how to use President Obama during the upcoming Mid-Term campaign, if at all.

A number of disturbing incidents point towards increased anti-Islam hostility in the United States.

The first in a multi-part series on the Electoral College.

Everyone seems to agree that the new 1099 reporting requirements contained in the health care reform bill are a bad idea, but nobody wants to take the time to repeal them.

The Electoral College is the worst way to elect a President, except for all the others.

The United States Congress is starting to resemble a grade-school playground.

California Rep. Dan Lungren was pulled over for speeding during a live radio interview.

While Congressional Democrats are being careful not to dance on Charlie Rangel’s grave, President Obama is showing no such compunction.

The latest GDP numbers are nothing but bad news for Democrats.

The Anti-Defamation League has taken an unfortunate stand on a issue involving religious tolerance and bigotry.

Despite facing a thirteen-count ethics complaint, Charlie Rangel probably isn’t going anywhere.

The link between immigration and crime rates that many immigration opponents point to simply does not exist

Angle is smartly focusing her commercials on the economy, and it is helping her numbers.

Crist’s gamble continues to appear to have been a good one.

The requirement that “members act at all times in a way that reflects creditably on the House” has a parallel in the UCMJ’s “conduct unbecoming” clause.

U.S. passports still aren’t perfect.

It was another bad day for Charlie Rangel, but something tells me he’s going to be just fine.

Immigration “moderate” Lindsey Graham is suddenly sounding not so moderate.

The Obama administration is refusing to enforce border security, right?

A new poll claims that the health care reform law is now supported by a majority of Americans. Don’t believe it.

Congress has (after many years of debate) narrowed the gap between sentencing for crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

Why I wasn’t fooled by Barack Obama’s campaign promises to curb presidential power.

Can a public university expel a student for a religiously-motivated aversion to homosexuality?

Yes, a lot of people are dying on the Arizona border, but the cause is not the drug war. Rather, it is simple fact that crossing the desert on foot is a dangerous proposition. (And this is not a new phenomenon).