Outside the Beltway

Tragedy in Boston.

Jerry Brown tells the US Supreme Court to go to hell.

The Supreme Court has ducked an opportunity to expand the holdings in D.C. v. Heller

Southerners lie about their weight–but not as much as those lyin’ Yankees.

The artist known as Kid Rock endorsed Mitt Romney but now says he’s “embarrassed to be a Republican.” Because of their stance on paperless tickets, naturally.

Are we heading toward an era where a diagnosis of mental illness becomes an instrument for state oppression?

Desktop PC sales fell by nearly 14% in the first quarter, continuing an ongoing trend. There are many reasons this is happening.

A mix of media and abortion politics.

A preventative strike against North Korea is a bad idea.

Keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people while protecting individual liberty isn’t easy.

Calvin Watkins considers “The sad case of Sam Hurd,” a former wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears.

A case from Missouri provides an excellent example of why it matters that states forbid people who love each other from being married.

Whether in the blogosphere or on television, people are increasingly only accessing sources of news and opinion that confirm their pre-conceived ideas.

Social conservatives are seeing their clout slip away, but there’s not much they can do about it.

The Senate looks like it’s about ready to take up a bipartisan immigration reform package.

The Manchin/Toomey proposal on background checks isn’t perfect, but it isn’t horrible either.

Revisiting an old posting of mine on the subject.

Officials in the Japanese city of Yokohama mistakenly announced the launch of a North Korean missile to 40,000 followers on Twitter.

I’ve got my differences with Charlie Schumer and Joe Manchin. But there’s no need to call names.

Many of our cabinet secretaries are independently wealthy.

My latest for The National Interest, “It’s Not Too Soon to Tell,” has posted.