Outside the Beltway

Two states have legalized marijuana, but before you light up you should know that there are some complications.

Why I supported Mitt Romney despite his constant flip-flopping, fibbing, and fecklessness.

Voters in four states endorsed marriage equality yesterday.

As most rational observers expected, President Obama has carried Pennsylvania, like every Democratic nominee four the last five cycles before him.

OTB bloggers give their best guesses on the House and Senate races.

Utility crews from Alabama traveled to New Jersey to help get the power back on. They were turned away on account of not being unionized.

We are fast approaching an era where robot-driven cars will not only be practical but mandatory.

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

No, the electoral college does not encourage the candidates to pay special attention to the small states.

National numbers can overstate regional preferences.

We could be headed for another extremely close election where the Electoral Vote and the Popular Vote disagree with each other.

Another loss in the Federal Courts for the Defense Of Marriage Act.

Simply amazing.

The Supreme Court seems likely to severely limit the use of race-based preferences at public universities

Of course, these voters are walled off from the process, so they don’t matter.

One pollster has called three battleground states 27 days early.

Yet another in a long line of critiques of the electoral college.

Virginia went Republican in every presidential contest from 1968 to 2004. It’s likely to vote for Barack Obama again five weeks from now.

The Court’s 2012-2013 term begins tomorrow morning, and there are plenty of big cases on the docket.

Not exactly journalism.

The Administration’s decision to stick with the meme that the Benghazi attack was about a movie becomes more puzzling.

Whether Mitt Romney wins or loses, the GOP needs to evolve or be doomed to minority party status.

The Obama Administration’s response to the protests in the Muslim world has been entirely wrongheaded.

The Libertarian Party’s Presidential candidate could prove decisive in determining who wins the Electoral College.

When it comes to issues like medical marijuana, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are reading from the same playbook.

“Growing up in California, it was illegal for Asians to marry whites. How times have changed. I married a white DUDE.”

Condoleeza Rice’s first trip onto the political stage was very successful last night. Where will she go from here?

Economic growth is the key to fixing many of our problems. Unfortunately, we’re not likely to see the kind of growth we need any time soon.

Jeb Bush continues to speak the truth on the GOP’s position on immigration issues. Sadly, his fellow Republicans aren’t listening.

I question the timing of the Republican Convention.

Will an MRI of your brain someday be able to tell if you’re lying? And, if it can, should it be admissible in Court?

Apple has won a huge victory in the smart phone patent wars. If the news reporting is accurate, the outcome doesn’t pass the common sense test.

Two groups of former special operations soldiers are opposing Obama. Their military bonafides are not their most interesting credentials.