Outside the Beltway

The first Appeals Court decision on the Affordable Care Act was a victory for the government.

Barack Obama’s leadership style may be his undoing.

Oxford University has dropped the Oxford comma! A dark day for humanity.

Yet another study shows that people who drink diet soda actually gain weight. But it probably doesn’t matter, since that’s not why people drink them.

While his best-known solo effort was “anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, [and] anti-capitalistic,” John Lennon became a Reagan Republican a few years later, his assistant claims.

If the U.S. defaults, Eric Cantor will make some money.

Bachmann’s views on the Founders and slavery are more significant than simply a question of how to classify John Quincy Adams.

Does a little known provision in the 14th Amendment make the entire debt ceiling debate irrelevant?

When Tom Petty found out Michele Bachmann was using his “American Girl” to introduce campaign events, he issued a letter saying, in essence, “Don’t do me like that.”

The draft ended in 1973. It’s effects still linger today.

Sure, Radley Balko has apologized to John Cole. But I don’t think he means it.

Tim Pawlenty’s foreign policy speech shows him siding with the hawks, and joining in the neocon distortion of Reagan’s legacy.

Alabama youth choir gets hand slapped for impromptu rendition of the national anthem.

A new Gallup poll discovers something rather obvious, but there’s still a lesson for the GOP.

Some people have no sense of humor.

Bachmann doubles-down on a problematic historical claim.

One foreign policy analyst argues that President Obama should look to Nixon’s Vietnam withdrawal strategy for ideas on Afghanistan.

The Senate Republican leader is running a shrewd political game. But what’s good for the GOP is bad for America.

The selective application of international law is here to stay.

The odds of history are against Michele Bachmann.

Rock Diaz likes to wear Army cammies and “Marine Corp” dog tags when he flies. The portly Long Island man has never served in the military.

A former opponent of same-sex marriage admits he was wrong.

Another major campaign finance case from the Supreme Court.

A new study indicates that college degrees lead to higher wages even in fields that do not require a degree.

The Supreme Court struck down a ban on the sale of violent video games to children, a victory for the First Amendment and parental authority.

What if in 1861 a cable news network existed to broadcast the events of the day?