Outside the Beltway

Bill Scher examines “How Republicans Lost the Culture War.”

The Supreme Court has given the GOP a way out of a battle that they are going to lose anyway.

The die is cast.

The security lapses at the Secret Service just continue to mount.

Opponents of marriage equality clearly don’t like the idea of a “big tent” in the GOP on the issue.

One of last members of President Obama’s original cabinet is stepping aside.

While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.

Self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is contemplating an independent run for the presidency.

Notwithstanding the hype, there’s one very big reason why the idea of Elizabeth Warren as a viable candidate for President doesn’t make much sense.

The American people don’t want to turn those migrant children from Central America away after all.

Ed Klein says he has “Democrat sources” who Obama wants Warren to continue his mission to “transform America into a European-style democratic-socialist state.”

Emil Henry makes “The Case for Mitt Romney in 2016.”

Another area where the law has yet to catch up to technology.

The justice system works, there’s no need to scrap it.

We’ve seen a notable number of 9-0 Supreme Court decisions this term, but that doesn’t mean that the side that lost was making an extreme or meritless argument.

Another solid victory for the First Amendment from the Roberts Court.

A New York Federal Judge has ruled that unvaccinated children can be forced to stay home during outbreaks.

New Hampshire Republicans still like Mitt Romney.

A prairie populist challenger for Hillary Clinton?

Not surprisingly, Russia’s acquisition of Crimea comes with quite a potential bonanza in natural resources.

Romney 2016? Anything’s possible, but probably not.

From Massachusetts, a ruling that might make little sense to the lay person but which seems to be right on the law.

The string of victories for same-sex marriage continues as a Federal Judge rules that the Commonwealth of Kentucky must recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.

Going after Hillary Clinton by attacking her husband won’t work.

Most peer-reviewed research is crap.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

A victory for same-sex marriage in an unlikely place.

The beginnings of a populist challenge to Hillary Clinton in 2016?

Fourth time’s the charm? Probably not.

No person has been elected Senator in a second state after serving as Senator in another, but Scott Brown seems set to give it a try.

Some 2000 veterans of World War II were lobotomized by the VA. That’s awful but not outrageous.

The junior Senator from Massachusetts has promised to serve her entire six-year term.

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

As expected, the enrollment numbers for Obamacare are far below where they were expected to be.