Outside the Beltway

Dear Bill Maher and Alexandra Pelosi: The plural of anecdote is not data.

Peter Singer argues that heavy people ought to pay more to fly.

Despite how it many have seemed in January, Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential effort is ending just about the same way his 2008 effort did.

The argument over contraceptive coverage mandates has not gone well for conservatives.

There will be no more GOP candidate debates. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

It looks like we’ll have Newt Gingrich to kick around for awhile.

The cause of the pain you’re feeling at the pump has little to do with domestic energy policy.

The massacre of civilians in Afghanistan was foreseen.

Rick Santorum has bigger General Election problems than Mitt Romney it seems.

Seven of the top ten and fifteen of the top twenty universities on the planet are American.

Sure, he routinely uses gender-specific slurs against conservative women. But he’s not a misogynist!

It is a curious thing, sometimes, to look at how different people interpret events.

The voter ID issue goes on the road.

One Goldman Sachs employee decided to quit his job in a very public manner.

Is the rhetoric in the war of words between the U. S. and Iran ratcheting up?

The president’s job approval is down. And it’s also up!

Last night’s results ensure the race will continue to the convention.

Rick Santorum won the night, but Mitt Romney continues to win the delegate hunt.

Some Republicans seem intent on repeating the mistakes of 2008.

47 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s performance.

Republicans continue to harp on the fact that the President uses a TelePrompter.

What does it mean to have a limited government?

What are the limits on government power?

Rick Santorum’s campaign is starting to tilt at windmills.

Rising fuel prices are starting to hurt the President in the polls, but it’s unclear what that means for November.

Several newspapers are refusing to run this week’s Doonesbury strip.