Outside the Beltway

Newt Gingirch ups the ante in his rhetorical assault on judicial independence.

How much should Paul’s newletter and his questionable associations matter?

There is a fundamental problem with the feedback loop in American politics.

Like many Republicans before him, Newt Gingrich is trying to claim the mantle of Reagan. He is the one least entitled to it.

Should Ron Paul find his currently upward trajectory to continue he will find himself facing greater media (and opposition) scrutiny.

Newt Gingrich’s ideas about the role of the judiciary are very dangerous.

Newt Gingrich last night declared that he would abolish the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley becomes the latest Tea Party darling to back Mitt Romney.

The final candidate clash of 2011 didn’t lead to the sparring that some expected.

Congressional Republicans got a major concession as price for averting a government shutdown: saving the incandescent light bulb, at least now.

R.I.P.

Ron Paul is surging in Iowa. He’s in 3rd place in the national polls and has been for most of the race. He’s not Mitt Romney.

The constantly changing face of Superman, the iconic comic book superhero, over the 73 years since he debuted in Action Comics #1.

Signs that Newt Gingrich’s rise may be faltering.

A shocking new polls shows that most Americans would like to receive Social Security and not pay for it.

After 3,193 days and more than 4,000 lives, the American war in Iraq is officially at an end.

Musing about his smarts.

With Gingrich surging in the polls, the pundit class has gotten out the long knives.

Proving yet again that the plural of anecdote is not data.

Protesters in the Chinese fishing village of Wukan are now in open revolt against the Chinese government. The government is laying siege to the town.

Do American courts throw people in jail for failing to pay their debts? No, they don’t.