Outside the Beltway

It would be nice if columnists for major newspapers would consult political science, rather than Hollywood, for their understanding of our system.

Big Brother is watching us. And he may be watching us a lot more after what happened in Boston.

Less than a week after the bomb he planted at the Boston Marathon went off, Dzhokar Tsarnaev has been formally charged in Federal Court.

Airport delays are the latest example of targeting sequestration cuts where the taxpayer will feel them most.

Another Senator wants to delay immigration reform because of the attacks in Boston.

If you want to understand contemporary politics, the last thing you should do is reference an Andrew Sorkin project.

The GOP’s most promising alternative to Mitt Romney in 2012 may run again in 2016, but it doesn’t seem like he’d go very far.

For better or worse, the attack in Boston is likely to have an impact on the immigration reform debate.

The Boston Marathon bomber must be tried in a court of law.

In a chaotic week, one source of chaos was remarkably quiet.

What Miranda does and does not cover and what consequences follow if police do not comply.

A strange loophole in the law means Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be questioned without being advised of his Miranda Rights.

The man who changed the way Americans viewed newspapers, just before newspapers themselves began getting pushed aside by technology, has died at the age of 89.

An American city was essentially shut down today. Was that the right thing to do?

A sensational story, little solid information, and instant analysis are a bad combination