Outside the Beltway

An appeal declined, but an issue that remains outstanding.

The CEO of Mozilla resigned today amid controversy over his position on same-sex marriage. The triumph of “political correctness,” or just the will of the marketplace?

The fight for marriage equality takes another step forward.

Yes. Amanda Knox could be extradited.

An excellent argument for immigration reform can be found in the case of one Californian named Sergio Garcia.

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

Once again, Chris Christie seems to be directly challenging the right wing of his party.

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

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

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

Do Voter ID laws really suppress voter turnout? The evidence from at least one state doesn’t prove it.

The state where the same-sex marriage battle began is just days away from legalizing same-sex marriage.

The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.

Chris Christie’s decision to take a tactical retreat on the issue of same-sex marriage raises some interesting questions for 2016.

Would you trust the men and women in this building?

Three counties in New Mexico are under orders to issue licenses to same-sex couples.

A case out of New Mexico presents an interesting collision of First Amendment rights and anti-discrimination values.

The Pentagon is considering doing away with two combatant commands—and no longer calling them combatant commands.

Unfortunately, our immigration debate is just plain dumb.

Time to “pivot to the economy” again.

Just as the auto industry has, painfully, had to learn to adapt to a new world, the city will as well even if that means becoming a shadow of its former self.

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

There are many fallacies contained within the GOP’s insistence that immigration reform must begin and end with “border security.”

The Oval Office Address, once a common tool of the Presidency, has been in declining use of late.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

The blowback from yesterday’s revelations about U.S. surveillance on European allies continues.

The latest NSA leaks are likely to prove to be diplomatically embarrassing.

A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.

Even the national sport is arousing the anger of the protesters in Brazil.

Opponents of immigration reform are using “border security” as a shield to hide their true desire to kill the very idea of immigration reform.

Marco Rubio is threatening to withdraw support for the immigration plan he helped draft, but I would suggest not reading too much into that threat.

NYU’s Geoffrey Miller has done a groundbreaking study connecting obesity, and particularly the consumption of simple carbohydrates, with failure to complete doctoral dissertations.