Outside the Beltway

Former Justice O’Connor seems to regret the fact that the Supreme Court got involved in the 2000 election. Her regrets are misplaced.

The possible presidential contender has an op-ed in a rather dubious outlet.

2012’s election represented a significant change in voting patterns in the United States. What’s unclear is if the change is a permanent one.

The Senate’s rejection of the Manchin/Toomey background checks bill isn’t particularly outraging the general public, according to a new poll.

Airport delays are the latest example of targeting sequestration cuts where the taxpayer will feel them most.

The man who changed the way Americans viewed newspapers, just before newspapers themselves began getting pushed aside by technology, has died at the age of 89.

America’s largest theater chain has slashed the hours of thousands of workers to stay under the ObamaCare threshold.

The Republican field for 2016 is more wide open than any we’ve seen in a long time.

Apparently, some significant number of people are starving themselves to “save calories” for getting drunk.

Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum apparently talked about uniting to stop Romney during the 2012 Republican primaries.

Senator Rand Paul has stepped into the immigration debate, but his plan is less than desirable.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul won a completely meaningless straw poll.

Senator Rob Portman changes his position on same-sex marriage. Another sign of the times.

Rand Paul’s filibuster is one that all American’s should thank him for that.

The Ravens quarterback cashed in after winning the Super Bowl. Now it’s Maryland’s turn.

Do we ask too much of our leaders?

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

The Fourth Amendment got even weaker yesterday.

The sequestration cuts are fast approaching, and the political battle is continuing.

NYT Magazine asks “Can the Republicans be Saved From Obsolescence?”

Tony Schwartz says, “Relax! You’ll Be More Productive.”

Americans waste $121 billion a year because of traffic congestion.

Since 1877, it has been illegal for unmarried Virginia couples to cohabitate. That may soon change.

A good start toward solving a long standing problem.

Republicans continue to fight over their party’s future.

Bill Clinton has a warning for his fellow Democrats.

Marco Rubio has some good immigration reform ideas. Will his fellow Republicans listen to him?

The most idiotic labor dispute in sports history appears to have ended.

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.

FSU’s Jimbo Fisher offers interesting insights into the coaching profession.

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.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

Charlie Crist, run out of the Republican Party, is now a Democrat.