Outside the Beltway

Amy Chua captured the two things we fear most: the Chinese and our children.

Was the 2011 SOTU a blatant rip-off of past speeches? Or simply banal?

It is always easier to compromise on more spending and less taxes.

State and AID budgets are a rounding error in the Defense budget.

If you watched last night’s State Of The Union Address, you wouldn’t have had any idea just how serious a problem we’re facing.

Anti-government protests raged in Egypt for a second day, and nobody seems to know where they’re headed.

Does Russia really spend more on roads than we do?

The initial instant reaction to the President’s speech last night was largely positive, but does it really matter?

Michele Bachmann’s TEA Party response to SOTU 2011 was embarrassingly bad.

First impressions of the 2011 State of the Union address.

In chapter three of Liberty and Tyranny, Mark Levin applies his typical standards of logic and evidence to matters of faith.

Volokh Conspirator Stewart Baker wonders whether Jesse Ventura’s complaints about TSA groping making him a “wussy.”

The US drug policy gang: Dopey, Boozy, Smokey and Stupid?

An Ohio woman was convicted of two felony counts for sending her kids to good schools.

After years of flying people for less than it cost and trying to make it up with volume, the airlines have changed course.

The Illinois Supreme Court has issued a partial stay, keeping Rahm Emanuel on the ballot for Chicago mayor.

Actor Alec Baldwin is among hundreds being targeted by New York City for tax evasion. Is it reasonable to have to prove where you live?