Outside the Beltway

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on another big case.

As is often the case with sex scandals, pretty much everything ever written about General David Petraeus takes on an ironic double meaning in hindsight.

The scandal that led to P4’s downfall has many layers, none of them flattering to the most famous American general of his generation.

Once again, Senate Democrats are talking about filibuster reform, but will they actually follow through?

A surprise Friday resignation at the CIA.

The Democratic Party appears to have a lock on a substantial part of the Electoral College. That poses a problem for Republicans.

Any chance that the Affordable Care Act will be repealed died with the re-election of Barack Obama. But, there are other fights to come.

If the Romney campaign looked shocked on Election Night, that’s because they didn’t believe the polls either.

A passenger praying in the aisles will apparently get your plane priority landing privileges.

More griping about poor analysis.

Republicans are trying to figure out what went wrong. Will they learn the right lessons from their loss?

Is the triumph of political forecasting good for our democracy?

The impact of outside spending on the election turned out to be far less consequential than many had feared.

I just came across Peggy Noonan’s pre-election column. It is quite illustrative.

Without question, Barack Obama won the foreign policy debate in the 2012 campaign.

Tthere’s enough bad punditry going around that there’s no need to invent cases to expose.

The ink is barely dry on Barack Obama’s victory and some conservatives are already focusing blame on the Governor of New Jersey.

Wherein I get a bit petty (but to make a point and, maybe just because it amuses me).

If you’re a white Southerner who gets most of his information from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, you probably don’t know a lot of people who voted for Barack Obama.

The 2012 Election should be a warning to the GOP that it needs to open itself up to minority groups, especially Latinos.

Two states have legalized marijuana, but before you light up you should know that there are some complications.

Demographics are not destiny; policy positions drive decision, ultimately.