Outside the Beltway

One simple proposal on the size of the House of Representatives.

What will Republicans think of a candidate for President who admitted to smoking marijuana as recently as two years ago?

With Democrats set to maintain their majority in the Senate, some on the left are pushing for filibuster reform. However, it seems unlikely that Harry Reid has the votes to change a long-standing Senate rule.

More bad news for Democrats as a new poll shows that voters are more likely to consider them extreme than Republicans.

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. He probably doesn’t know it, though, because he’s currently sitting in a Chinese prison.

Would non-violence really have failed against the Nazis? History suggests maybe not….

Newt Gingrich is feeding the fires again, this time claiming that the President may be guided by a “Kenyan,” “anti-colonialist” worldview.

The writer of the infamous “Fonzie Jumps The Shark” episode of Happy Days breaks his silence.

Another political analyst is out with a 2010 prediction that should make Democrats very nervous.

Civilian control of the military means, oddly, that civilians control the military. And it means precisely that the military does not get to decide which civilians run the country.

Aging Vietnam vets are being treated for diabetes and other ailments unrelated to their service on the taxpayers’ dime. We can’t afford it.

The Obama’s are vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard again this year so, of course, it’s time for people to say stupid things about Presidential leisure activities again.

The First Family can go on vacation, but politics never does.

While it may be true that facts are stubborn things, a lot of American are stubborn in the face of them.

Much to the disappointment of Ezra Klein and others, it’s unlikely that Democrats will have the votes necessary to change the filibuster when the 112th Congress convenes.

Massachusetts will become the latest state to join the National Popular Vote movement, a compact wherein states throw their Electoral College votes to the nationwide winner once enough states agree to ensure that outcome.