Outside the Beltway

The Atlantic’s Alan Taylor has 50 photos from 50 years ago.

The most ‘America’ story ever.

The most widely honored General from the Iraq and Afghanistan War has plead guilty to sharing classified information with his mistress.

One of the pioneers of the Internet warns that we’re in danger of losing entire generations’ worth of history because of digitization.

By refusing to stay the legalization of same-sex marriage in Alabama, the Supreme Court has sent the strongest signal yet that it is ready to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

The debate over whether kids need to be vaccinated against communicable diseases baffles me.

The Republican National Committee is trying to bring some sanity to the Presidential debate process, but there’s no guarantee it can succeed.

The two decade long argument over same-sex marriage appears headed for its final legal showdown.

Some preliminary thoughts on the inaugural college playoff system.

Not surprisingly, the F.C.C. has rejected a petition to ban the word “Redskins” from the airwaves.

The families of many of the Sandy Hook victims are seeking to have the manufacturer of the AR-15 held legally responsible for what happened. While understandable, their lawsuit is misplaced and largely without legal merit.

As the second anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School approaches, a new poll finds that more Americans support gun rights than gun control.

Rick Perry is sounding for all the world like a candidate for President, and says he’s a different candidate this time, but initial perceptions are hard to overcome.

Some on the left are suggesting Democrats should write off the South for the foreseeable future, but that would be as foolish as Republicans assuming that their dominance in the region will last as long as Democratic dominance did in the century after the Civil War.

A wholly successfully first test for NASA’s next generation manned space vehicle.

Michael Brown’s stepfather made incendiary comments in the wake of the Grand Jury announcement, but they do not amount to a crime.

The numbers don’t lie, Mitt Romney remains popular among Republican voters.

Columbus, Philadelphia, or New York City (well, Brooklyn really)?

The idea that the U.S. does not negotiate with terrorists is simply not historically accurate, so should we be reconsidering the policy of not negotiating with ISIS for the release of Western hostages?

Some of his party’s leaders want the president to save them.

The Keystone XL pipeline bill is dead until the next Senate. Mary Landrieu’s political career, on the other hand, is basically dead for the foreseeable future.

Outdated rules? It sure seems like it.

Much like the disease itself, Ebola panic seems to have disappeared as the midterm elections become ever more distant in the rear view mirror.

Same-sex marriage advanced in Kansas and South Carolina yesterday, and will soon be law in Montana, but the Supreme Court is what matters now,

Mike Huckabee seems to be making the moves necessary to run for President again, For reasons only he can understand.

After the 2010 elections, several newly Republican state legislatures flirted with the idea of changing the way their state allocates Electoral Votes. The outcome of last weeks elections raises the possibility that this could happen again.

Voter Turnout was lower this year than in any midterm since the one held eleven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

In addition to gains at the national level and in Governor’s races, the GOP also saw more gains in state legislatures around the country.

Support for legalizing marijuana continues to grow slowly but surely.

Looking into uncontested and partially contest House districts from the 2014 cycle.

An unsurprising ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that only seems to bring closer the day when same-sex marriage will be legal nationwide.

Another example of the silliness of the “trade deficit” concept.

The Republican wave extended even to Governor’s races that, in any other year, they should have lost.

The GOP added to its majority in the House, giving it the biggest majority it has had since Truman was President.

Big victories for advocates of marijuana legalization.

After spiking in the wake of the Newtown tragedy, gun control has faded back into obscurity as an issue voters care about significantly.

Time to look into the crystal ball.

Freedom of choice.

Just over one year ago, Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds was attacked by his son, revealing problems with our mental health system that have yet to be adequately addressed.

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

There’s nothing wrong with choosing not to vote.

Another setback for commercial space ventures, the second this week and this time with tragic consequences.

Two states and the nation’s capital could have legal marijuana after Tuesday’s elections.

Quietly, oil prices have been falling for months now. That’s potentially a very big deal.

A disappointing setback.