Outside the Beltway

Dharun Ravi was convicted of bias intimidation toward Tyler Clementi. It’s not at all clear that he should have been.

Dear Bill Maher and Alexandra Pelosi: The plural of anecdote is not data.

The differences between the parties when it comes to Iran are far less substantial than the candidate’s rhetoric would suggest.

Rick Santorum would do well to listen to the words of the last Catholic to be President of the United States.

The backlash against the backlash is baffling.

A story from September 2010 reminds us that rushing to judgment is never a good idea.

Apparently, people who work for the government are surfing the World Wide Web.

My evidence? Bill Kristol thinks he has a chance.

Some initial data released today points to the possibility of a very position jobs report tomorrow, but don’t hold your breath.

Republicans are learning that their hard line on immigration comes with a political price.

So far, Iowa voters don’t seem to be bothered by the Ron Paul newsletters.

The Establishment opposition to the current frontrunner has little to do with his policy ideas.

Gary Johnson is right to be upset that he’s been excluded from debates, but he shouldn’t get the government involved.

Questions have been raised about whether it is proper for Elena Kagan to hear the Affordable Care Act lawsuit.

CBS accidentally admits that they are giving less attention to some of the Republican contenders.

Rick Perry has gotten the most and best coverage thus far in the campaign. President Obama has gotten mostly negative coverage.

Is Mitt Romney’s religion returning as an issue for Republican voters?

Listing affiliation with gay activist groups hinders one’s chances of landing a job interview.

The execution of Troy Davis brings back to the forefront the reasons why the death penalty is inherently flawed.

More pay for play at the White House?

America’s journalists are far more liberal than America.

Political journalists aren’t like you and me. Well, you, anyway.

Comparing Bachmann and Palin in regards to managing the media.

Does Ron Paul’s second place showing at Ames mean the media should take him seriously as a contender? No, it doesn’t.

Lost in the hubbub of S&P downgrading the US bond rating is news that the Italian government has the ratings agencies under criminal investigation.

Freshman GOP Representative Allen West is a loose cannon and unfit for office.

The Casey Anthony trials lends evidence to support Jon Stewart’s basic hypothesis about the MSM.

Cory Maye has spent ten years on death row after a trial tainted by racism and corruption. In a few days, he will be free.

Daily Show host Jon Stewart spent 15 minutes on yesterday’s Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace trying to explain why he thinks Fox is a propaganda machine.

An important employment law decision today from the Supreme Court.

Catholic University president John Garvey explains “Why We’re Going Back to Single-Sex Dorms.”

Do ideologically radical professors impose their biases on their students?

Requiring people with ethical conflicts to disclose them leads to more bad behavior, not less, a new study finds.

Thanks to an appearance on Hardball we’ve got another story about a 47 year old law.

The free market in action.

America’s war colleges have some problems but we can’t close them.

Illinois became the 16th state to abolish capital punishment today. That’s far too few.

A new national poll suggests that moves to restrict the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions are not popular with the public at large:

House Democrats are calling on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any litigation regarding the Affordable Care Act. It’s a phony argument, but that’s because it has everything to do with politics and nothing to do with legal ethics.