Outside the Beltway

Another television icon has passed away.

Rest in Peace, Princess. May the Force be with you.

As expected, Marco Rubio easily won the primary for his Senate seat. The General Election battle, though, promises to be more difficult.

By a narrow margin, British voters have chosen to send their nation, themselves, and indeed all of Europe into uncharted waters.

A music legend has passed at far too young an age.

The producer behind a group of music legends has passed away at the age of 90.

We will have a two party system for the foreseeable future.

To a large degree, the narrative you believe will govern the 2016 elections depend on which party you want to see win. But what’s the most likely outcome?

It’s easy to see what Greece thinks it still needs Europe, it’s more of puzzle why Europe thinks it needs to hang on to Greece.

An important tenet of the internet is “don’t read the comments.” Well, I have violated that rule of late–which means more musings on the symbols of the CSA.

A new poll shows that Americans have moved to the left on a wide variety of social issues.

The final episode airs tonight. How will Matt Weiner will wrap it up?

Alec MacGillis argues for Slate that “Veterans Should Pay Taxes Like Everyone Else.” I agree!

The first popularly elected African-American Senator, and the first African-American Senator to serve since the end of Reconstruction ended, has passed away.

For better or worse, Marion Barry was a fixture in D.C. politics for much of the 40 year period of home rule that began in 1975.

Vatican politics is older than American politics, and can be just as entertaining.

The end of an era.

The firing actually hurts Janay Rice much more than it does Ray.

Another Federal appellate Court has struck down state law bans on same-sex marriage, but the only thing that matters now is the Supreme Court.

A trial court judge in Tennessee is the first jurist since the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Windsor to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage

The Hobby Lobby decision could end up motivating women voters to turn out to vote against Republicans in the fall.

In a logical extension of the Supreme Court’s decision in D.C. v. Heller, a Federal Judge has struck down D.C.’s law barring people from carrying handguns in public.

The “Founders” founded a government and the “Framers” were framing the basic structure thereof. This should be obvious.

The Affirmative Action debate is too divisive and largely misses the point.

The latest revelations about National Security Agency surveillance outside the United States have caused quite an uproar overseas.

Much like the Tea Party, David Frum wants to make the GOP tent smaller.

History matters.

The Air Force will now allow pregnant women and single parents to join.

Last month, a retired Navy SEAL came out as transgender. Those still in uniform, however, must serve in silence.

NSA Metadata coming to a courtroom near you?

Legendary country music singer George Jones has died, aged 81.

The American people no longer seem to care if their political leaders are divorced.

Ross Douthat bemoans the evolution of American cultural norms over the past fifteen years.

The Defense Of Marriage Act didn’t fare very well during today’s Supreme Court oral arguments.

Is the answer to the same-sex marriage debate as simple as getting the government out of the marriage business, or is it more complicated?

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