Outside the Beltway

US society cannot so easily be placed into a maker/taker divide

Last night, we saw the beginning of the end of the Newt Gingrich campaign whether he realizes it or not.

The majority of all rapes in America take place in prison. Which means the majority of rape victims are likely men.

Romney continues to roll up decisive victories while Gingrich gets increasingly bitter and nasty.

The tinfoil hat crowd has made its way back into the mainstream.

This week we learned that even breast cancer can become politicized. Is there anything that can’t at this point?

One wonders why any Republican politician would want to be associated with this image.

The Birthers have suffered yet another totally predictable loss in Court.

The backlash against the backlash is baffling.

The last 14 coin flips in the Super Bowl have been won by the NFC.

Yes, the US Constitution has been the most successful such document in human history. That does not mean it is a good template for other countries.

Who will be the Democratic nominee in 2016? Shut up, that’s who.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had some advice on Constitution drafting for Egyptians

Virtually everything Stephen Colbert is doing was legal before Citizens United.

Mitt Romney’s statements about the planned early draw down in Afghanistan make no sense whatsoever.

A change in the law will radically increase retirement pay for generals and admirals.

Time to end a 41 year tradition?

The AFA strikes again.

Andrew Exum notes that most analysts who call for military intervention fail to specify the particulars.

Once again, the culture wars intrude into yet another area of life.

We need to have opinions on a subject as serious as war with Iran.

The January jobs report was the best we’ve seen in more than three years.

Everything the critics say about the decision is right–and so is the decision.

Not surprisingly, Republicans are trying to reverse the automatic cuts to defense spending agreed to in August.

Why is the Republican frontrunner pandering to a megalomanical showman?

Senator Mike Enzi wants to replace the Dollar Bill with a coin. As with past efforts, it’s a great idea that is unlikely to succeed.

Is the presumptive Republican nominee too handsome, too rich, and too pompous to win the hearts of ordinary Americans?

Newt may challenge the winner-take-all allocation of delegates.

Things aren’t all sunshine and roses for the Obama 2012 campaign.

Matthew Dowd asks: What happens in an election when two candidates who are each unelectable run against each other in the fall?