Outside the Beltway

A satisfying but unlikely explanation.

A piece in The Atlantic inspires thoughts.

Ignoring religious diversity makes polarization much worse.

It is hard not to see this as a politically driven move.

The Republican Party is a cult with Donald Trump at the center and his ardent supporters are brainwashed cult members.

Barry Goldwater saw what the so-called “religious right” would become decades ago.

At some point, what we call conservatism turned into a racket. It’s not surprising that this led directly to Trump.

There was a time when Mike Pence believed that a President’s personality morality and trustworthiness mattered. He clearly doesn’t believe that anymore.

In the age of Trump, morality is optional for conservatives.

Billy Graham was the son of a North Carolina farmer who grew up to become a counselor to Presidents, Prime Ministers, and even a Queen.

Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times suffers a significant setback.

Extolling an “eye for an eye” kind of justice is not in keeping with the ethics of Jesus.

The GOP race for President takes yet another bizarre turn.

The passage of a new law in North Carolina has revealed an apparent obsession among some on the right with who gets to use which restroom.

Politics makes strange bedfellows, but come on.

Ben Carson displays incoherence and ignorance on foreign policy issues that disqualify him from being considered a serious candidate for President of the United States.

Ted Cruz kicks off with the first of what is likely to be a string of candidates getting into the 2016 race in the coming month.

Eleanor Clift reflects on her “final issue after 50 years at Newsweek.”

America’s Protestants are dying off and being replaced by non-believers.

The Republican Party has apparently solved all of the nation’s real problems and decided it can waste time on nonsense.

Ronald Reagan wasn’t really much a of a “Christian Conservative.”

150-plus evangelical leaders are trying to derail the Romney Express. They’re going to get run over.

Both Virginia lawsuits challenging the Affordable Care Act have been dismissed by a Federal Appeals Court.

A case pending in Maryland raises the question of when boorish online behavior crosses the line from protected speech to criminal act.

Another Federal Judge dismisses a Constitutional challenge to the health care reform law, and demonstrates just how unlikely it is that any of the lawsuits against the law will be successful.

The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral argument in a case where being on the right side means supporting some vile people, but that’s what the First Amendment is all about.