Outside the Beltway

Once again, a government entity thinks the average person is too dumb to take care of themselves.

The Republican candidates for President have apparently forgotten that this guy was their party’s nominee twice.

Congress eliminates a bad subsidy, but it’s only because there’s a worse one on the books.

The much celebrated ban on earmarks isn’t stopping Congressmen from trying to earmark.

Another meme debunked, plus some thoughts on policy.

Twitter is abuzz with news that Congress has declared pizza to be a vegetable. It’s actually not news at all.

Apparently, the Federal Government believes it necessary to remind you that you can buy Christmas Trees.

Some Northeastern Senators want to make selling fake maple syrup a federal offense.

Everyone’s talking about jobs again. And it’s not a pretty picture.

Alabama immigration law causing parents to withdraw children from schools.

Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.

The Western fetish for turning cheap, efficient food into expensive, inefficient fuel is threatening the food supply–as is the European superstition against genetically modified foods.

Excluding all moral concepts and language from my thinking, feeling and actions has proved so workable and attractive, I am convinced that anyone who gives it a fair shot would likely find it to his liking.

The Romney campaign may be finally starting to pay attention to Rick Perry.

Rick Perry will need to get past Michele Bachmann before he takes on Mitt Romney. But, really, how hard could it be?

Rick Perry may be much less than meets the eye.

Tim Pawlenty is out, to nobody’s surprise.

Texas Governor Rick Perry got lousy grades as an undergrad at Texas A&M. Does it matter?

The Gang of Six is back together. And they have a plan.

A new Georgia immigration law is causing serious problems for Georgia’s farmers.

In addition to Alabama, we can also have Georgia on ours minds on the ongoing immigration debate.

AL takes AZ’s approach and goes a few steps beyond.

As with most of the other issues facing us, our political conversation about climate change and what to do about it basically just involves yelling at each other.

Overfishing may mean a near term future in which there are no more fish in the sea.

Newt Gingrich and his wife had a quarter million dollar line of credit at Tiffany’s. A story, a scandal, or much ado about nothing? I’ll take Door Number Three.

With the customary hand-wringing over the low quality of the presidential field well underway, the corollary pining for other candidates to join the race is starting.

No, Ron Paul is not a viable candidate for president.

As of today, the United States is legally barred from borrowing money to finance its operations. Thanks for nothing, Congress.

We’ve been hearing about peak oil for years. But now some experts are warning of an even more serious crisis: Peak coffee.

Shirley Sherrod’s lawsuit against Andrew Brietbart promises to be an interesting test of the boundaries of defamation law in the political blogosphere.

Examining Levin’s examination of the Constitution, jurisprudence, and property rights.

Arizona looks to be the latest state to try to revive the discredited doctrine of nullification.

The federal government’s newest dietary guidelines have finally stated that which has long been between the lines: Americans eat too damn much food.

The home mortgage interest deduction benefits Democrat-voting states most! Is the fix in?

Some people in the D.C. area are worried that the Federal spending gravy train may be coming to an end. They should be.

Those who argue that tariff increases, and not slavery, were the key reason for secession have some basic problems with the historical sequence.

A new poll shows that the American public is discontented, nervous about the economy, not entirely sure they can trust the new GOP majority in Congress, and has no idea what it wants from Washington. Sounds like a recipe for disaster.