Outside the Beltway

Early numbers seem to suggest that it depends on which state you’re looking at.

Just over one year ago, Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds was attacked by his son, revealing problems with our mental health system that have yet to be adequately addressed.

Would increasing the size of the House of Representatives be the cure for what ails Congress?

There’s nothing wrong with choosing not to vote.

Another setback for commercial space ventures, the second this week and this time with tragic consequences.

A Maine Judge has largely rejected the efforts of the State of Maine to restrict the movements of Kaci Hickcox

Not too long ago, Trick Or Treating didn’t mean getting candy produced by large corporations.

Two states and the nation’s capital could have legal marijuana after Tuesday’s elections.

The odds say that the GOP will end up with a Senate majority in the 114th Congress when all the votes are counted, but if it doesn’t happen then there’s likely to be quite a battle inside the GOP.

Once again, reporters and pundits are arguing that Chris Christie’s “New Jersey style” won’t play well on the stump. I’m not so sure they’re right.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has officially revealed an open secret.

At this rate, it’s unlikely the House will file any kind of lawsuit against President Obama until 2015, assuming it ever files anything.

Quietly, oil prices have been falling for months now. That’s potentially a very big deal.

We may have our first legal challenge to an Ebola quarantine order by tomorrow

Important numbers in recent polling suggest big problems for Democrats on Tuesday.

Pope Francis restates something the Catholic Church has taught for a long time and, again, the American media thinks its something new and revolutionary.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

With the midterms over, it’s time for Sarah Palin to start grifting again.

The B.C.S. was far from perfect, and the College Football Playoff system will be, at best, only slightly better.

A disappointing setback.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul continues to challenge Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy, and that’s a good thing.

Mandatory quarantines are a massive violation of personal liberty. We ought to be careful in how, when, and why we impose them and who they are directed toward.

Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie picked an odd issue on which to start his closing argument to Virginia voters.

Facing a tough re-election battle, Kansas Senator Pat Roberts is engaging in abject fearrmongering.

The Koch Brothers are putting money behind an effort to reform a part of the legal system that is ignored far too often.

The City of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho will not force two Christian ministers to open their wedding chapel business to same-sex wedding ceremonies.