Outside the Beltway

The fallout from Todd Akin’s rape comments on Sunday has exposed a rift in the Republican Party.

American politics has been reduced to a charade where all people do is yell at each other.

Abortion and “legitimate rape” are not what the Romney campaign should be having to deal with this week.

Todd Akin says he will continue to be the Republican nominee for United States Senate from Missouri.

The GOP Platform will include an abortion plank that Todd Akin would love.

Ironically, the Congressman was trying to avoid actually taking a stand on the question of abortion in the case of rape.

If you can name at least one of these people, you know more than two-thirds of your fellow citizens.

Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race, but his party is abandoning him.

A columnist for The Guardian says she wishes her mother had aborted her.

The United States Congress can still work together to pander before election season.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

Sometimes, we just ought to accept the fact that people have disagreements when it comes to hot-button social issues.

Justice Scalia explains why the Supreme Court resists the idea of letting cameras into the court. He makes a persuasive case.

What does the US Constitution actually provide in terms of guidance for governance?

Regardless of how the Court rules on the Affordable Care Act, the upcoming election has the potential to reshape the Court for decades to come.

Three swing state poll results should be raising some real concerns among Team Romney today.

With the Supreme Court’s decision imminent, many supporters of the PPACA are starting to second guess the Obama Administration’s legal strategy.

With two weeks left in June, the Supreme Court is likely to be in the news quite a lot.

How can opinion shift quickly on a given topic?

Recall elections in a hyper-partisan atmosphere are not a good thing.

Will Obama’s announcement on same-sex marriage benefit him or Romney in the upcoming campaign?

All of a sudden, people are talking about Mike Huckabee as a potential Romney running mate.

Our psychological and cultural biases make evaluating information and arguments rationally next to impossible.

The blind Chinese activist who daring escape from house arrest set off a diplomatic brouhaha that grabbed the world’s attention is about to get his wish to come to America.

Republicans should have listened to Mitch Daniels, because he was right.

OTB’s comment section as a microcosm of the American political landscape.

Andrew Sullivan wants the Catholic Church to give up its hatred of homosexuals. There’s another alternative.

Weeks of bizarre talk about contraception and vaginal ultrasounds has surprisingly alienated women from the Republican Party.

Is the Supreme Court risking it’s legitimacy if it strikes down the individual mandate?

With the nomination pretty much inevitable, it’s time to start thinking about Romney’s running mate.

The results of Louisiana’s primary mean a lot less than the pundits will tell you they do.

The president’s job approval is down. And it’s also up!

Several newspapers are refusing to run this week’s Doonesbury strip.

The race will go on after Super Tuesday, but the outcome seems ineviable