Outside the Beltway

The owners of the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks took out a full page ad in today’s Boston Globe thanking their opponents and their home city for a classy and well-fought Finals

The Supreme Court’s handling of standing in the two same-sex marriage cases likely seems contradictory to many outside observers.

Thanks to archaic state laws, you can look at cars in a Tesla showroom, but in my states you can’t but anything there.

Will voters care about the revelations about NSA data mining? Signs point to no.

The Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal of a case in which Indiana’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood had been blocked by a Federal Court.

Republicans should reject the calls to call for a Special Prosecutor to investigate the unfolding scandals in Washington.

President Obama delivered another powerful speech on race.

Justice Ginsburg made some interesting comments about Roe v. Wade recently. Could they be a signal about where the Court is headed on gay marriage?

The reality of gun violence in the United States is far different from the story the media is telling us.

The April Jobs Report was good, but not exactly anything to write home about.

The rich are getting richer and more politically powerful.

Former Justice O’Connor seems to regret the fact that the Supreme Court got involved in the 2000 election. Her regrets are misplaced.

The Supreme Court has ducked an opportunity to expand the holdings in D.C. v. Heller

Calvin Watkins considers “The sad case of Sam Hurd,” a former wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears.

The Manchin/Toomey proposal on background checks isn’t perfect, but it isn’t horrible either.

Apparently, today’s youth no longer know how to have good sex on account of they’re having too much sex.

President Lyndon Johnson considered flying to the 1968 convention and offering himself up for re-nomination.

The White House employs calligraphers. And pays them money!

The Cowboys’ first equipment manager and designer of the iconic blue star logo has died.

Rahm Emanuel is reportedly considering a 2016 presidential run. It’s a thin report.

Americans waste $121 billion a year because of traffic congestion.

Applications to America’s Law Schools are down, because the nature of the legal profession is changing.

President Obama’s idea of “universal background checks” isn’t nearly as simple as it sounds.

Old Man’s war, a sci-fi novel about the distant future published in 2007, features Newsweek magazine, which went out of business in 2012.

A rich child is 45 percent more likely to earn a four-year college degree than a poor one.

Will your Yelp review land you in court?

Thanks to the CFTC, Americans will no longer be able to participate in Intrade’s predictions markets.