Outside the Beltway

Was there ever a more tepid endorsement than “Joe Scarborough for President? Sure, Why Not?”

Demand for mid-range goods and services seems to be on the decline.

A Federal Judge in New York upholds, for the most part, that state’s new gun control law.

Watch your language in Wilson County, North Carolina.

A victory for same-sex marriage in an unlikely place.

Time to watch a bit of true American exceptionalism in action.

Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.

Politics aside, the challenges to the PPACA’s birth control mandate raise important legal issues.

Amazon’s new deal with the USPS offers a way out of the agency’s problems if only Congress would give up its last bit of control.

The state where the same-sex marriage battle began is just days away from legalizing same-sex marriage.

A tense afternoon on Capitol Hill.

Starbucks is kindly asking customers not to bring guns to their stores.

A gun rights victory at the ballot box in Colorado.

Potential trouble for Virginia’s Republican nominee for Governor.

Low voter priorities and the natural tendency of the media to move on to the next big story meant that gun control was not going to be a top political issue for long.

The 10th anniversary of McCain-Feingold teaches a lesson we should already have learned.

Doesn’t pass the smell test.

Dr. Keith Ablow lays out the case that President Obama is conducting psychological warfare on us.

A major change in policy by the Boy Scouts.

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

Tragedy in Boston.

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

Habemus Papam

About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer and nearly 600,000 have “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles.

The post-Newtown momentum for gun control has slowed significantly.

If one is going to worship at the alter of original intent, it might be useful to know a bit of history.

Government-mandated paid sick leave might improve both public health and the American economy.

Hell hath no fury like a Christie scorned.

The NRA’s response to the Sandy Hook shootings was bizarre to say the least.

On rare instances in Washington, reporters do their job and ask tough questions of political leaders. Rarer still, the leaders give good answers.

The latest offer from John Boehner includes a significant concession.

Will the massacre of twenty children in a Connecticut elementary school mark a turning point in America’s gun culture? Don’t count on it.

Is it good to live in a world where news of a massacre can travel around the world in an instant?

Apparent tragedy at a Connecticut Elementary School.

Ronald Reagan won the tax fight. The debate now centers on whether to continue cutting taxes or slightly reverse the trend.

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

Were you impacted by Hurricane Sandy? If so, how did you fare?