Outside the Beltway

Jose Antonio Vargas was brought to the U.S. at the age of 12 and never left. Now, some are suggesting he should be deported as soon as possible.

When it comes to Iraq, the media only seems to be giving Americans one side of the story.

As a legal matter, the new allegations against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker don’t amount to much. But, will they impact his bid for re-election.

Hillary Clinton’s numbers aren’t at the incredibly high levels they used to be, but they were never going to stay that high anyway.

Lest we forget what the entire “Duck Dynasty” brouhaha is really all about.

Does your kid qualify for subsidized lunch? One candidate for Senate in Georgia wants to put them to work.

No previously published works have entered the US Public Domain since 1978. And none are scheduled to enter until 1923. So what are we missing?

We spend more per capita than any other country in the world and yet we are outperformed on a key metric, life expectancy, by a large number of countries

Two veteran reporters, including the dean of the Virginia press corps, have been fired by the AP after falsely reporting that Terry McAuliffe lied to federal authorities.

Talks between the two Senate leaders haven’t exactly gone so well.

Day One of the Obamacare online “marketplaces” is proving to be a bit of a bumpy ride.

Bradley Manning’s announcement that she wishes to begin living life as a woman poses some interesting legal questions.

There’s no such thing as “sex addiction.”

The Senate may be headed for an historic confrontation today if an 11th hour deal isn’t reached.

A thirteen hour filibuster by Wendy Davis ran out the clock on a special session of the Texas legislature, apparently defeating an abortion bill that passed 19-10 after time expired.

Today is the deadline for Darryl Issa to respond to a request from Elijah Cummings to defend a decision not to release IRS interview transcripts. What happens if Issa doesn’t respond?

If there’s a Hell, somebody’s going to go there.

Without full transcripts, the excerpts released by the House Oversight Committee are worthless.

Eric Holder’s testimony before Congress is leading to accusations of perjury, but the argument that he did so seem pretty weak.

Filling normal vacancies on the bench is not “packing the court.”

Tuition goes up as state funding goes down.

Keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people while protecting individual liberty isn’t easy.

The government of Malaysia paid a lot of money to get some blogs placed at various outlets.

The Obama administration is promising massive cuts in public-facing services in the face of minuscule “cuts” to the budget.

At nearly $4 million for a 30 second spot, advertising on the Super Bowl is a bargain.

New rules mandating full-time benefits for instructors teaching 30 hours predictably led to their hours being cut.

Arab news giant Al-Jazeera is buying Al Gore’s failing Current TV network, hoping to get a bigger presence in the US cable market.