Outside the Beltway

The “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” would remove the exception for non-forcible rape.

A new study suggests college students aren’t learning the critical thinking skills they’re supposed to learn, but that isn’t necessary the fault of the university they’re attending.

Factions on the right and left continue to charge one another with trying to politicize the Tucson murders. They’re now nitpicking the memorial service.

Sarah Palin released a statement today about the Arizona shootings and the debate that has followed. It’s unlikely to help her.

The Supreme Court’s refusal to take up the appeal of a far-reaching Commerce Clause case may indicate rough times ahead for challenges to ObamaCare

UQ’s Thoreau makes a compelling point: “Usually people blame the 2nd amendment for a mass shooting. This time they’re blaming the 1st. But why not all the others?”

The relationships between inflammatory rhetoric and political violence is complicated.

The debate over heated political rhetoric has now led one Pennsylvania Congressman to suggest that some speech should be banned. This must stop now.

Some people in the D.C. area are worried that the Federal spending gravy train may be coming to an end. They should be.

Ohio Congressman Steve Driehaus is suing a pro-life PAC for “defamation” and “loss of livelihood” over its role in his defeat in the 2010 Elections.

A Federal Appeals Court in Ohio has handed down what could become a landmark ruling in the application of the 4th Amendment to the Internet.

The weekend arrest of a Columbia University Professor for an apparently consensual act raises some interesting questions about why precisely a specific act should be subject to criminal prosecution.

Inspired by the reaction to the Julian Assange case, a feminist writer proposes dangerous changes to American rape laws.

There’s been much talk recently about treason charges in the Wikileaks case, an most of it has been entirely wrong.

Julian Assange is a loathsome human being. Is he also a rapist? Under Swedish law, maybe.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Tuesday in London on a Swedish warrant.

President Obama and the GOP have reached a deal on extending the Bush tax cuts that gives the GOP virtually everything it wanted.

Those of us who think we’re overreacting to terrorism should remember that we’re in a tiny minority.

Let’s keep our eye on the ball, people.

After 1 1/2 years in office, President Obama has yet to grant a single request for a pardon or clemency, continuing a thirty year trend in which the Presidential pardon power has nearly fallen in to disuse.

Another FBI sting operation results in the arrest of a “terrorist,” or did it create a crime where none existed before?

Tom DeLay is a sleazebag and has been found guilty by an Austin jury for skirting the law. But it may in fact be a miscarriage of justice despite the victim being as unsympathetic as it gets.

The People In Charge telling us that something is Necessary For Our Own Good makes a large number of people accepting of the inconvenience, no matter how asinine or unsupported by evidence.

It’s not hypocritical or racist to support an aggressive pursuit of terrorists while getting outraged over abuses of Americans’ liberties.

A new survey shows that political ideology leads to different television viewing habits. This shouldn’t be surprising.

A ten year old case out of Texas raises yet more doubts about the justice of the death penalty.

Yesterday’s outrage of the day involved an odd book written by a creep, and it has lessons galore for everyone.

Perhaps the dumbest study ever published in the Lancet compares the negative effects of alcohol and illicit drugs without controlling for incidence.

Actor Tom Bosley, best known for his role as Howard Cunningham on TV’s “Happy Days,” had died at 83.

The “Ronald Reagan” that many of today’s conservatives wish today’s Republicans were more like didn’t actually exist.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars has endorsed Ron Klein, who never served a day in uniform, over retired LTC Allen West, a decorated veteran of several foreign wars. Is this an outrage?

Governor Schwarzenegger has signed a bill making pot possession (at certain levels) the equivalent of a traffic ticket.

Western athletes who’ve complained about the conditions at the Commonwealth Games are coming in for a firestorm of criticism.

Our 24/7 media culture has created a climate where persons accused of sensational crimes are presumed guilty.

One Republican analyst thinks that President Obama could learn a few leadership lessons from Vito and Michael Corleone. In order to do that, though, the President would need to stop acting like the weakest of the Corleone brothers.

Why do innocent people confess to crimes they didn’t commit, and what should we do about it ?

Affluent whites are astounded that Adrian Fenty appears about to lose his bid for re-election as DC’s mayor. But the majority black population is less than thrilled with his tenure.

It is impossible to read Dirty, Sexy Politics and come away with the impression that you have read anything other than the completely unedited ramblings of an idiot.

An academic study reveals that police officers with college education are less violent than their peers. But the real story is how violent cops are, period.

Did you know that more Christians than Muslims were victims of hate crimes in America? Did you also know that there are a lot more Christians? Oh. Never mind, then.

The idea that we are in the middle of an illegal immigration crisis is not supported by the evidence.