Outside the Beltway

Some of Hillary Clinton’s Democratic opponents are complaining about the DNC’s parsimonious debate schedule.

He definitely wouldn’t appreciate it, but in some sense you can thank Robert Bork for the Supreme Court’s opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges.

Conservatives finally seem to be waking up to the truth about Sarah Palin.

The GOP’s big wins last week seem to be just guaranteeing that this year’s battle between the Tea Party and the “establishment” will continue.

Would increasing the size of the House of Representatives be the cure for what ails Congress?

Once again, Chris Christie seems to be directly challenging the right wing of his party.

A little noticed rule change in the House is arguably one of the main reasons we’re in a government shutdown crisis.

The Army and Navy are finally doing something about brass bloat.

Tom Brokaw has some good criticisms of what the White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner has turned into.

Rand Paul’s filibuster is one that all American’s should thank him for that.

The White House employs calligraphers. And pays them money!

The arguments in favor of major changes in the way we elect our President are unpersuasive.

Seriously, how did this guy ever get elected to Congress?

A new round of polling has Obama in the lead and shows reasons why Romney’s supporters should be concerned, but it’s unclear how long any of this will last.

Depending on what time you watched any of last night’s proceedings in Charlotte, you got a very different experience.

I question the timing of the Republican Convention.

The political convention we know is a 19th Century relic. It’s time to modernize it and make it a lot shorter.

The quadrennial political conventions have become, long, boring, tedious, and largely predetermined. It’s time to shake things up by making them a lot shorter.

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

Kids, the President of the United States has a message for you: stop hanging out and get to work.

None of the cable news networks did particularly well last night.

While the President’s recess appointments are bound to set off a political dispute with the Republicans, there does not appear to be a Constitution ban against them.

Ron Paul has a new explanation for those newsletters of his.

New video plus a basic primer on Ron Paul’s newsletter situation.

Ron Paul doesn’t want to talk about his newsletters now, but he was pretty talkative 15 years ago.

Newt Gingirch ups the ante in his rhetorical assault on judicial independence.

Yesterday’s encounter between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich was less than it could have been.

Did you know there was another GOP debate last night? Well, you didn’t miss much.

Is Newt Gingrich on the verge of a rise in the polls?

The short-lived national unity spawned by the attacks of a decade ago was re-kindled for a few hours as former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush joined with Vice President Joe Biden to honor Flight 93.

Sarah Palin’s much-anticipated Tea Party speech in Iowa was, in the end, much ado about nothing.

I’ve been arguing for years that what the Republican Party needs is to embrace its crazies and play more to racist elements in its base. It looks like someone’s listening.

It was a good day in Court for opponents of the Affordable Care Act.

Yea you get to live in a nice house for a few years if you win, but why would any normal human being put themselves through a campaign for President?