Outside the Beltway

Were the Colonists wrong to toss aside the British Empire so casually?

A nine month Al Jazeera investigations indicates that poison may have played a role in Yasser Arafat’s 2004 death.

Scientists have made a major step toward unlocking one of the biggest mysteries of particle physics

Supreme Court watchers have been speculating since Sunday night about who might have leaked confidential court information to the press.

There’s very little evidence or logic to support the attacks coming from the right against Chief Justice Roberts.

Democratic rhetoric since the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare raises the question of whether they made a political mistake.

We’ve reached the point where public figures coming out of the closet is barely news anymore, and that’s a good thing.

Wouldn’t it be easier to bury the power lines instead of dealing with storm damage and week-long power outages seemingly every year?

It’s never a good thing when an Administration is investigating itself.

A new report will likely add fuel to the fire of conservative outrage over Chief Justice Roberts’ decision to uphold the PPACA.

One part of the Supreme Court’s PPACA ruling has not received a lot of attention, but it has the potential to have a lot of impact in the future.

Jerry Sandusky is in jail, but the evidence of the crimes that were committed to protect him continues to mount.

However, he and his party have hardly taken over.

My latest for The Atlantic continues the debate over work-life balance spawned by Anne-Marie Slaughter’s cover story “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All.”

If the GOP wins in November, there will be very few actual barriers in the way if they really want to repeal the PPACA.

Is there a logical flaw in the way Chief Justice Roberts addressed the tax issue in his opinion? Not really.

So, we’re safe from that broccoli mandate, right?