Outside the Beltway

Both parties are up compared to 2014, but Democratic votes are way up.

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says war against North Korea would be worth it. Ignoring the fact that it would result in casualties unlike anything America has seen since the Vietnam War.

Was the 2016 contest unique, or are we destined to forever vote against the candidate we hate most?

Under Nelson Mandela’s leadership, the country made a smooth transition from apartheid. Now it’s going the way of Zimbabwe.

I almost let the day slip by.

An artist you’ve almost certainly heard but probably never heard of.

Shots fired: European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker threatens to fight back if President Trump imposes tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Once again, the Administration is walking back the President’s statements on a controversial issue.

I’ve made the sad discovery that longtime friend of the blog John Burgess passed away on February 16, 2016.

John Bolton is leading a cry for preemptive war against North Korea.

A group of twenty states have revived an old argument to mount a new legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

Is it legal for retail businesses to restrict gun sales based on age? The short answer appears to be yes.

Yet more absurdity from Brussels, where regulators seemingly don’t understand how the Internet works.

The President provided a contender for most ignorant tweet this morning, as he makes a proposal that would disrupt the global economy.

This isn’t your ordinary windy day.

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether an American company can be required to turn over data stored on servers located overseas.

Will the NRA lobby to have these on America’s streets?

Mike Jeffcoat rejected a prospect, in writing, on account of marijuana being legal in his state, adding, “You can thank your liberal politicians.”

We form stereotypes about generational cohorts when they’re very young and then freeze them.

Staffers are fleeing the administration like rats from a sinking ship.

I’m relaunching the old Late Night OTB music video series with a live version of a modern classic.

President Trump has announced that he’ll be imposing significant tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This is an unwise decision.

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.

Ben Carson comes to his senses, but questions still remain about his family seeming to benefit from his position in government.

Few Western democracies have anything quite like our First Amendment. This is a case where the United States gets it right. 

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case pitting the First Amendment against the right of states to regulate elections.

With the Winter Olympics over, the next step on the Korean Peninsula is utterly unclear.

Following yesterday’s move by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Walmart has raised the age for all gun sales to 21.

The faculty would like to strip away a 20-year-old honor in light of several statements in violation of the institution’s core values.

57% of American adults, more than 80% of blacks, 75% of Hispanics, and nearly half of whites believe their President is racist.

Michael Gerson and Amy Holmes will host a program loosely based on “Firing Line” starting in April.

The 29-year-old was one of President Trump’s most trusted aides but she had an impossible job.

Does OTB’s Quick Takes section still serve a useful purpose?

A Federal Judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to invalidate Federal laws against marijuana use and possession.

Yet another top appointee is in the awkward position of having to defend himself from the Tweeter-in-Chief.

The Russia probe is focusing on the sequence of events surrounding hacked Clinton campaign and DNC emails.

President Trump continues to deny the reality of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, and he’s failing to act to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

The opinion journalist who has lately been writing the Black Panther comics is taking on one of the format’s most iconic characters.

“All In The Family” predicted a policy proposal that President Trump and many other conservatives have made in the wake of the Florida school shooting.

A recent change to the way the social media giant selects articles readers see first has crushed a web magazine.

Despite the activism we’ve seen in the wake of the school shooting in Florida, it’s unlikely that we’ll see significant Congressional action on guns.

You’d think after 13 months in the White House they’d start understanding that there are rules.

Dick’s Sporting Goods will no longer sell “assault weapons” at any of its stores, and will limit the sale of any gun to people aged 21 and above.

Ben Carson has expensive taste in office furniture.

This is very much why the security clearance process requires so much financial disclosure.

The White House chief of staff has downgraded the President’s son-in-law’s access to classified information. We’ll see how long that lasts.

A German court has ruled that the EU’s “right to be forgotten” does not require search engines to verify sites are free from malicious content before listing them.

We’ve rolled out a few modest updates to the site design.

The funk legend advocates a melting pot approach in a wide-ranging interview with Rolling Stone.

The February 2 episode of This American Life gets at some of my frustrations over our inability to have a meaningful discussion about pretty much anything.