Outside the Beltway

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.

Mitt Romney starts his 2012 run as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. But, in reinventing himself yet again, the “authenticity” issue that troubled many of us in 2008 looms again.

Judge Roger Vinson stayed his own ruling in the Florida ObamaCare lawsuit today and acted to speed up the appellate process, but not by much.

Republicans begin to discover that defeating an incumbent President isn’t an easy task.

Judge Gladys Kessler upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, but she did so by essentially ruling that the Interstate Commerce Clause means whatever Congress wants it to mean.

A new set of polls from Gallup show that President Obama is still looking good for re-election.

Florida has again scheduled its primary ahead of the deadlines set by the Republican and Democratic parties.

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell says he won’t comply with any of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, but his decision seems to rest of precarious legal ground.

A new poll finds that Republican policies on immigration are chasing Latino voters straight into the arms of the Democratic Party.

Polls matching President Obama against potential Republican contenders are entertaining but not informative.

Ron Paul is poised to win the CPAC Straw Poll. So what?

Four Senators who just happen to be up for re-election next year are silently looking for alternatives to the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.

Virginia will petition the Supreme Court to bypass the normal appellate process and hear the appeal of its lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act early.

A second Federal District Court judge has declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.

Twenty-five years ago today, the American space program came crashing to Earth in a horrible accident.

Part two of the ongoing series blogging Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny.

Despite anecdotal evidence debunking global warming, 2010 was another record year for warm temperatures.

There was now snow on the ground in every single one of the 50 states — including Hawaii, which had snowfall on one of its volcanoes — except for Florida.

Freshman Members of Congress are threatening to block a vote to raise the debt ceiling that Congress will have to take by this Spring. They’d be irresponsible if they did so.

Cory Booker, Michael Bloomberg, and Chris Christie have been in the news this week due to the political fallout over their handling of the East Coast blizzard.

Mitt Romney’s poll numbers in Florida have shrunk. Perhaps he needs to be on cable TV a bit more often.

The seemingly sensible end-of-life counseling that was originally part of the Health Care Reform Bill is making a comeback.