Outside the Beltway

Should we worry about the deficit when funding “disaster relief”? Should we be funding “disaster relief” at all?

The 4th Circuit has asked for supplemental briefs on an issue that could put a quick end to the lawsuits against the Affordable Care Act.

You don’t often see a candidate for President tell Iowans that he wants to eliminate ethanol subsidies, but Tim Pawlenty did.

The Republican candidates of 2012 are so weak because of GOP losses in 2004 and 2006 Senate and gubernatorial races.

When one realizes that Trump is basically a brand, rather than anything else, his PR foray into politics makes more sense.

President Obama’s approval numbers shot up after Osama bin Laden was killed two weeks ago. They’ve already settled back to where they were

We won’t have Mike Huckabee to kick around in 2012.

Floridians are going to have to start pulling up their pants and stop having sex with animals soon.

There are signs that the Ryan Plan isn’t playing well with the public.

President Obama is suffering in the polls because of high gas prices, but is there really anything he can do about them?

The challenges to the Affordable Care Act will remain in the Courts of Appeals for now, but they’re still on a pretty fast track.

Terry Jones may sue the City of Dearborn for its prior restraint actions against him. And he should.

Is there a magic formula to fix soaring gas prices? A Washington Examiner editorial claims to have found it.

What is Donald Trump up to? Only he seems to know for sure.

The duty to defend “hateful, extremely disrespectful, and enormously intolerant” expression.

“She asked for it” is no longer an acceptable argument in rape cases. So, why is a preacher in Florida burning a book being condemned by American political and military leaders for a days-long murder spree in Afghanistan?

The only people responsible for the murders in Afghanistan are the people who committed them, but the demagogues like Terry Jones deserve condemnation as well.

A discussion on Terry Jones’ moral culpability for the crazed reaction in Afghanistan to his Koran burning stunt.

The New York Times wins for “Afghans Avenge Florida Koran Burning, Killing 12.”

Todays’ horrific attack on the UN complex in Mazar-i Sharif may well the the Tet Offensive of Afghanistan: a relatively minor event that permanently changed the American public’s view of the war.

Given the schedule they’re on in the Courts of Appeals, it is likely that the Supreme Court will rule on one or more of the lawsuits challenging the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act just before the start of the 2012 campaign.

A photo suggesting oral sex on the cover of a student newspaper has generated controversy.

President Obama shouldn’t be criticized for picking his NCAA tourney brackets during wartime. But he shouldn’t get much credit, either.

Matthew Doig of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune posted a want ad for an investigative reporter and it’s gone viral.

The Supreme Court will decide whether states may jail parents who fail to make child support payments without providing them an attorney.

Warren Christopher, Bill Clinton’s first Secretary of State, has died at 85.

The Federal Government has filed its response to Virginia’s request for an expedited review of Virginia v. Sebelius, and they’ve got an compelling argument against rushing things.

President Obama is once again catching flak for his leisure activities.