Outside the Beltway

White babies now constitute slightly less than half of American births.

Common Cause has filed a specious lawsuit alleging that the filibuster is unconstitutional.

Mitt Romney wimped out. Again.

If you agree to work for nothing, don’t complain you’re being “exploited.”

Keep that gift card in your wallet too long and the government may come for it.

The race is over, Rick Santorum just won’t admit it.

When will Santorum bow to the inevitable?

Republicans are finally starting to realize that they are in trouble with Hispanic voters.

Weeks of bizarre talk about contraception and vaginal ultrasounds has surprisingly alienated women from the Republican Party.

Rick Santorum won Louisiana last night, but he’s still going to lose the race for the nomination.

The results of Louisiana’s primary mean a lot less than the pundits will tell you they do.

I remember the days when stores were making the transition from the old style brown paper bags to the newfangled plastic ones–in the name of the environment.

Mitt Romney won big in Illinois last night, and moved a big step closer to wrapping this race up.

Rick Santorum wants to nullify nearly 200,000 marriages.

Another Federal Court rules in favor of marriage equality, and the biggest news is how unsurprising the outcome of the case is.

Things aren’t all sunshine and roses for the Obama 2012 campaign.

The DC government’s incompetence knows no bounds.

Barney Frank is marrying a dude, further proving just how gay he is.

The Supreme Court issued a somewhat muddled ruling on GPS tracking today.

The PPACA now has a 3-1 record in US appeals courts.

The health care battle is formally joined in the Supreme Court.

A record 46 million Americans are living in poverty.

In its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will examine the question whether police can track people via GPS without first obtaining a warrant.

51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.

Is the GOP race really down to just two men at this point?

A new look at Clarence Thomas’s 20 years on the Supreme Court, from a critic, is surprisingly positive.

Do the less attractive deserve legal protection? One University Of Texas Profess thinks so.

Supreme Court nominees were confirmed quite easily within recent memory. What’s changed?

Senator Al Franken called Focus on the Family’s Tom Minnery a liar in yesterday’s hearing on DOMA. Franken was the one being dishonest.

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

A Federal Appeals Court says the full body image scanners showing up in airports are Constitutional.

The nation’s capital is the worst place to drive in the country. But it’s a surprisingly safe place to walk.

The odds of history are against Michele Bachmann.

Sunday afternoon musings on an electoral college sweeps.

A victory for marriage equality in the Empire State.

What, if anything, does the budget deal mean for the future?

Why in the hell are Federal taxpayers footing the bill for residential trash collection in DC?

For the past day or so, America’s fighting men have been pawns in a cynical political game.