Outside the Beltway

What we don’t know might hurt us.

Desperate women are finding some horrific ways to terminate their pregnancies. Some are being arrested for it.

Sure, there’s a lot of crap out there. But it’s easier to find good information and engage with experts than ever.

James Arness, best known as the iconic Marshal Dillon on Gunsmoke, has died at 88.

One law school grad seems to think the solution to her employment problems is to sue her law school.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

While Gerrymandering Congressional districts to benefit incumbents and the dominant party in the state legislature is an old game, they play it with especial intensity in Illinois.

By now, everyone knows that John Edwards was indicted on campaign finance law violations stemming from the cover-up of the Rielle Hunter love child scandal. Most, too, recall the brouhaha over Edwards’ $400 haircuts. As it turns out, they’re at least tangentially related.

Palin has some odd things to say about US history.

The jobs market has been weak for much longer than just the past two years.

Jack Kevorkian, the man who’s illegal assisted suicide rampage earned him the nickname “Dr. Death,” has died.

After several months where it seemed like things were turning around, the May jobs report was depressingly bad.

Unemployment was high when Barack Obama took office and it’s gotten substantially higher. Does that mean he won’t get re-elected?

Another appellate panel heard arguments on the Constitutionality of the health care reform law this week.

To the shock of no one, Mitt Romney announced his bid for the GOP presidential nomination today.

The main issue, above all else, is taxes.

Is China’s drought caused by human action?

We need to stop talking as if the Medicare debate is a question of the Ryan Plan v. the Status Quo.

Despite what appear to be the fond hope of European central bankers that it will just all go away, something needs to be done. But what?

Cynthia Tucker regrets her support for majority-minority districts.

And even more bad news.

Upwards of 77,000 federal employees make more than the governors of the states in which they live, the Congressional Research Service reports.

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has announced his retirement after 19 years as a pro. On Twitter.

All in all, not looking like it will be a fun summer.

Sarah Palin will be heading to yet another important primary state while insisting she isn’t running for President yet. And the press follows her like a lonely puppy.