Outside the Beltway

Doesn’t pass the smell test.

The Supreme Court today struck down the most controversial part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

A major Constitutional ruling from the Supreme Court.

Rather than asking whether it was “worth it,” the important historical question regarding the Civil War is whether it could have been avoided.

The Chairman of the RNC wants the GOP to hold its quadrennial convention earlier in the year. He’s right.

As of today, John Dingell has been a Member of Congress for 20,997 days, a new record. That’s not something to celebrate.

Tax analyst Martin A. Sullivan finds that 1/3rd of “potentially political applications” approved by the IRS were from non-conservative groups.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul won a completely meaningless straw poll.

The Ravens quarterback cashed in after winning the Super Bowl. Now it’s Maryland’s turn.

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

The attempted coup against John Boehner resembled something you’d see in a banana republic.

It’s time to start thinking outside the box when it comes to disaster relief.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has a good idea.

There’s been a bit of buzz of late about the fact that people in several states have filed petitions to secede from the Union. There shouldn’t be.

Some people on the right apparently want to return to this map.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on another big case.

Like the men who came before him, Barack Obama has vastly increased the powers of his office. Someone should have asked him about that last night.

Mitt Romney still has problems with Southern whites that could pose problems for him in states like Virginia and North Carolina.

It’s official.

Though still just a Tropical Storm, Isaac has the potential to be as dangerous as Hurricane Katrina.

Tropical Storm Isaac won’t be as much of a danger to Tampa as feared, but it’s still having an impact. That’s all because of bad scheduling ideas.

The GOP is set to approve rules changes that will impact the 2016 primaries, and beyond. They’re a good start.

The most recent round of national polling seems to show that the negative attacks on Romney are having an impact.

In my adult memory, the American South was a one-party Democratic region for all but presidential elections. Aside from minority set-aside districts, the reversal is near complete.

The recent call by many on the right for Mitt Romney to select Paul Ryan as his running mate is puzzling.

Rob Portman, Bob McDonnell, and Brian Sandoval yield the biggest Electoral College advantage.

While you might think of Yale as an elite school, it’s business school is ranked 21st–below Michigan State’s.

The prosecutor in George Zimmernan’s case has made public “evidence” that will likely never be admitted at trial, but which could prejudice the case immensely.

There are some indications that Mitt Romney may be ready to announce his running mate selection as early as this week.

Were the Colonists wrong to toss aside the British Empire so casually?