Outside the Beltway

They’re apparently ongoing. Who knew?

All states but one receive more in federal money than they pay out in taxes.

Apparently, more expensive versions of products are often better.

Calling it a “deal” is vastly over-selling it.

A new way to think about the problem.

The indicators are pointing in the direction of caffeine being good for most people.

Should he be worried about the appearance of partisan gaming?

We need to rethink traffic stops.

A CPAC speaker and the return of the problem of the Heritage electoral fraud database.

Wherein I detail evidence of fraud and take the Heritage Foundation’s database of fraud to task.

Barr finds no fraud.

This really is the heart of the issue.

Against the advice of his top military advisers, President Trump has cleared three American soldiers of war crimes, sending a horrible signal to the world and to the troops in the field.

The Trump Administration is considering banning flavored electronic cigarettes. This would be a a bad idea.

More than five years after the fact, the NYPD officer who applied an illegal chokehold that resulted in the death of Eric Garner has finally been fired.

President Trump is reportedly planning to pardon several American servicemen convicted of war crimes, an action that would be an insult to everyone who has ever worn an American uniform.

Michelle Obama can’t forgive Donald Trump for his role in spreading the racist birther conspiracy. I can’t say I blame her.

President Trump is not being bold on drugs. Instead, he is just recycling old, failed idea.

Fulfilling a promise.

Donald Trump has insinuated that President Obama is not fighting the War On Terror aggressively because he somehow identifies with terrorists.

Canada’s Liberal Party ran on a platform that includes nationwide marijuana legalization. With the election won, it seems only a matter of time before Canadians will be able to light up legally.

If you’re under 21 in Hawaii, you’re still technically an adult but you can’t buy tobacco.

A word that has come in recent years to be used to refer chiefly to Muslim fanatics obviously applies to a man who murdered nine people because they’re black.

The Who’s Your al-Baghdadi? Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Thinking about that the state, law, violence, and the Garner incident (and contributing to the tl;dr phenomenon).

While conservatives have been generally as appalled as others with the news out of Staten Island, some of them are looking in the wrong place for blame.

A New York City Grand Jury refuses to indict a cop who appears from all available evidence to choked a guy to death for no good reason.

The passing of a true legend in American journalism.

CVS makes a business decision that is earning it kudos for the most part.

When it comes to thinks like Mike Bloomberg’s large-sized soda ban, most Americans prefer to just say no.

Under 21 in New York City? No more smokes for you!

Michael Bloomberg wants New Yorkers to take the stairs. The bastard.

A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.

Thanks to those new electronic cigarettes, ads for cigarettes are back on television for the first time since the Nixon Administration.

The Kaboob House Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

It’s no wonder partisans can’t agree with each other when they can’t even agree what the facts are.

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

Is there a logical flaw in the way Chief Justice Roberts addressed the tax issue in his opinion? Not really.

Illinois wants to solve its Medicaid problem by hoping its citizens smoke more cigarettes.

A Federal Judge has blocked a new FDA rule that would have placed these labels on cigarette packaging.

A majority of Americans want to ban smoking in public; a fifth want to ban it even in private.