Outside the Beltway

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz landed some punches on Donald Trump last night, but it’s doubtful that they changed the nature of the race.

The worst-moderated debate thus far may have reordered the field.

Linking view on guns to political self-identity.

Despite his remarks about John McCain, Donald Trump is likely to be around for some time to come.

The debate over whether kids need to be vaccinated against communicable diseases baffles me.

Yesterday’s events are likely to be a game changer, but how the game plays out depends largely on how Europe reacts.

A committee of journalists who work in the “traditional” media has once again denied press credentials to SCOTUSBlog.

Sooner or later, the Supreme Court will have to rule on a challenge to state laws banning same-sex marriage.

The editors of our great newspapers are interchangeable.

Middle East peace talks are apparently in such bad shape that the U.S. is thinking of releasing Jonathan Pollard as an incentive to Israel.

The President’s sixth State Of The Union Address was fairly low-key.

Wonkblog’s founder is leaving the Washington Post to start a new media outlet of his own.

Blogging has changed much over the last decade, and not all for the good.

Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?

Josh Marshall explains what it’s like to be a non-gun person in a very pro-gun culture.

Resurrecting and old, and bad, idea.

The world’s most prolific blogger is leaving corporate media and opening the tip jar.

A pointillist look at the 2012 election results, which does a fairer job of illustrating where, how many, and how people voted in the election

President Obama is likely to win re-election while overwhelmingly losing the white vote. Does it matter?

President Obama had some prominent liberal journalists over for coffee.

Two words spoken by a Romney aide have led to a ridiculous firestorm on the right, while the rest of their comments are being ignored.

Within an hour last evening, I passed along and retracted two breaking news stories on Twitter.

Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall confirms that his site has been down since 5 pm owing to a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack.