Outside the Beltway

Huge news in the marriage equality debate today as the Obama Administration has decided not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court anymore.

Four U.S. citizens on a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates last week are dead. American military have killed the pirates.

It’s time to end the ability of public sector labor unions to hold taxpayers hostage.

Neither side is covering themselves in glory in the battle over the Badger State budget.

A new poll finds that Republican policies on immigration are chasing Latino voters straight into the arms of the Democratic Party.

Oddly, the Democratic Party seems to be responding to the 2010 midterms by moving further left.

An interpretation of the events in Egypt.

Sarah Palin spoke about Ronald Reagan last night, but seems to have forgotten the optimism that is part of The Gipper’s legacy.

Virginia Thomas’s political activism is once again a political issue.

A 2005 concurring opinion from Antonin Scalia may be the piece of legal reasoning that ultimately saves the Affordable Care Act in the Courts.

Drivers are suddenly finding that they can’t renew their drivers license because other states have imposed a hold, sometimes for outstanding tickets dating to the Reagan administration.

The US drug policy gang: Dopey, Boozy, Smokey and Stupid?

The blogging of Mark Levin’s magnum opus continues.

The home mortgage interest deduction benefits Democrat-voting states most! Is the fix in?

Fitness guru Jack LaLanne has succumbed to the inevitable at the ripe old age of 96.

A new study casts new light on the importance of testing students to reinforce their grasp of information.

A new book by President Reagan’s youngest son raises allegations that the former President was showing signs of Alzheimer’s Disease while still in office, and that’s led to a family feud between the two Reagan brothers.

150 years ago, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln was presented with a chance to avert Civil War. He passed it up, and we should be glad that he did.

Orly Taitz, Queen of the Birthers, loses in court (again).

In a new interview, Justice Antonin Scalia says that the 14th Amendment does not bar discrimination against women, whether it’s done by public or private entities. He couldn’t be more wrong.

Despite federal laws banning even prison officials from bringing phones inside, tens of thousands of inmates have smartphones.

A somewhat surprising court decision from the European Union gives a glimpse of what the situation in the United States would be if Roe v. Wade were overturned.

President Obama likes to go back to his Hawaii home town and live like a regular guy for a few days.

The TSA’s crusade to fondle whomever they please continues.

Is Sarah Palin really against child nutrition? Or just taking cheap shots at Michelle Obama?

Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies should rightly be enormously proud of their accomplishments. But comparing them to John Wooden’s is embarrassing.

As the internet becomes more ingrained in our lives, it’s become a tool for parenting. And a break from it.

A woman in California has filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s because she is apparently unable to resist her child’s incessant demands for a Happy Meal.

Hinckley, California — the town that Erin Brockovich made famous — has slightly less cancer than we’d expect.

Despite yesterday’s victory for opponents of the Affordable Care Act, the prospects in the Supreme Court are not good.