Outside the Beltway

The General Accounting Office confirmed what seems clear to anyone who can read a statute.

Back to the Ten Commandments and Alabama politics.

Legality and justice are not always in synch.

Once again, Republicans demonstrate why they have problems with Latino voters.

Ugh.

Just some things to consider about Common Core standards.

That ball is in your court, Congress.

The Supreme Court has saved the biggest case of the term for its last day.

The First Amendment protects government employees who testify truthfully.

GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy of California won the vote to replace Eric Cantor as the new GOP House Majority Leader. The question is who replaces McCarthy.

There is no such thing as a consistent free market, limited government case in favor of restricting immigration, whether legal or illegal.

Another victory for the GOP establishment in its battle against the Tea Party.

The line “don’t know much about history” comes to mind.

The Mason-Dixon Line says it starts in Maryland, but that no longer seems to be the case.

A bizarre case in Alabama highlights a more bizarre judicial precedent.

Market Watch presents this infographic of “the most and least expensive states to live in the U.S.

JR is from Texas wants you to know that Texas is big. No, bigger than that.

Jeremiah Denton, a Vietnam War hero and one-term US Senator from Alabama, has died. He was 89.

Worst part about being named HaHa Clinton-Dix? ‘The whole President Clinton thing with Monica Lewinsky’

A big setback for the UAW.

Gizmodo’s Brian Barrett explains “Why the South Fell Apart in the Snow.”

Less than a month out of office, the Old Dominion’s former chief executive is facing 14 counts.

Most peer-reviewed research is crap.

Marijuana legalization is an issue that unites people across the political aisle.

An excellent argument for immigration reform can be found in the case of one Californian named Sergio Garcia.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

Michelle Howard has become the highest ranking woman in the history of the US Navy–and the US military, period.

Weeks of speculation that Texas would fire Mack Brown and hire Nack Saban were put to an end yesterday evening.

Some 2000 veterans of World War II were lobotomized by the VA. That’s awful but not outrageous.

Irony is officially dead.

The perfect defense?

When it comes to the unfolding conflict inside the GOP, Mitch McConnell seems to have fired an opening shot.

The state where the same-sex marriage battle began is just days away from legalizing same-sex marriage.

87.18% of the caucus is elected from safe to very safe districts and, therefore, the only real fear that they might have for their jobs would be at the primary stage.

Fifty years after the Stand in the Schoolhouse door, there’s another standoff with recalcitrant states on civil rights.

Looking at Chris Christie as he interacts with voters in New Jersey offers a glimpse of just how he could succeed in a 2016 GOP nomination fight.

This is a good time to remind ourselves that the plural of anecdote is not data.

The iconic football program built by the legendary Eddie Robinson, is now a sad disgrace.

Bum Phillips, former head coach of the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints, has died aged 90.