Outside the Beltway

A major ruling on recognition of same-sex marriages out of Ohio.

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.

In a move that was perhaps inevitable, the City of Detroit has filed for Bankruptcy Court protection.

Evidence that George Zimmerman acted out of racial bias is completely lacking, which means the Federal Government should stay out of this case entirely.

The GOP’s chances to take over the Senate became much better over the weekend.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

The future legal impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage was on full display in two cases out of Michigan.

Thanks to archaic state laws, you can look at cars in a Tesla showroom, but in my states you can’t but anything there.

The Supreme Court’s decision on Affirmative Action in education didn’t go as far as many thought it would, but it’s future in the near-term seems fairly clear.

Detroit faces some immense problems. Papering over them with short term deals with creditors isn’t going to solve them.

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

New developments in a still very new area of the law.

It’s going to be another eventful month for the Supreme Court.

So far, three weeks of bad news hasn’t really had much of an impact on the public’s view of how President Obama is handling his job.

The under-35 set are buying cars at a lower rate than they used to.

The April Jobs Report was good, but not exactly anything to write home about.

Some on the right are complaining that Dzhokar Tsarnaev was read his Mranda rights too soon.

The artist known as Kid Rock endorsed Mitt Romney but now says he’s “embarrassed to be a Republican.” Because of their stance on paperless tickets, naturally.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul won a completely meaningless straw poll.

Republicans at the state level are still trying to cook the books in the Electoral College

Some musing on guns: who uses them, how, and why.

Since 1877, it has been illegal for unmarried Virginia couples to cohabitate. That may soon change.

It started September 1, with a 41-14 thumping of Michigan at Cowboys Stadium. Now, it all comes down to one game.

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

One major factor in the skyrocketing cost of a college education in America is a huge increase in overhead costs.

A rich child is 45 percent more likely to earn a four-year college degree than a poor one.

Will the massacre of twenty children in a Connecticut elementary school mark a turning point in America’s gun culture? Don’t count on it.

Is it good to live in a world where news of a massacre can travel around the world in an instant?

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

Pennsylvania Republicans want to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

Want to teach political science for a living? Go to one of a handful of top schools or don’t bother.