Outside the Beltway

Ron Paul’s opposition to the Fourteenth Amendment would make a Paul Administration an enemy of civil liberties.

Heading into the last day of campaigning, the race in Iowa is too close to call.

If you’re going to take public money, “religious liberty” is not an excuse to fail to comply with the law.

The Republican candidates for President are blurring what should be a pretty clear line.

In a desperate bid to save a floundering campaign, Rick Perry is willing to sacrifice important freedoms.

This time, it was Newt Gingrich who walked away unscathed from a Republican Presidential debate.

Gingrich is rising in the polls for reasons that help him in the primary race, but may hurt in a General Election.

Meet Newton Leroy Gingrich, the new “Not Romney.”

Is Mitt Romney’s religion returning as an issue for Republican voters?

Rick Perry’s unforced error streak continues.

Is Herman Cain for real, or is this rise int he polls just another boomlet destined to fade away?

Further evidence of Bachmann’s extreme views on homosexuality.

The first Des Moines Register poll is out.

Mitt Romney sought to clarify his pro-life bona fides yesterday. But, will it matter?

Trevor Phillips, chairman of the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission, says fundamentalist Christians are a far bigger problem than Muslims. And, no, he’s not anti-religion.

Michele Bachmann is not Sarah Palin.

Some people still think Mitt Romney’s religion is a relevant issue.

Left-wing religious groups are firing salvos against the Republican Party on the basis of Ayn Rand’s “anti-Christian” influence.

With co-frontrunner Mike Huckabee out, Mitt Romney looks stronger than ever.

Mike Huckabee’s decision not to run has shaken up the GOP field for 2012.

Can a candidate appealing enough to the base to win the Republican nomination beat Obama?

The race for the 2012 Republican nomination is missing the one thing that GOP nomination battles have almost always had, a frontrunner.

With DADT Repeal now on its way to being fully implemented, the right is now claiming that it poses a threat to the religious liberties of military chaplains. As with their other arguments, this one is totally without merit.

The Republican Party is united on the issues in a way it hasn’t been in a long time, but personalities threaten to tear the fragile coalition apart.

Newt Gingrich for President ? You might want to think twice about that, Republicans.

Insane Clown Posse are Christians, yo. And they say Fuck a lot.

A growing number of conservatives are in dismay about the state of their movement.

A number of disturbing incidents point towards increased anti-Islam hostility in the United States.