Outside the Beltway

The 2016 election will be fought on a very small battlefield, and right now the makeup of that battlefield heavily favors the Democrats.

A new poll shows Bernie Sanders gaining traction outside of New Hampshire for the first time.

Removing the responsibility to investigate police misconduct from the prosecutors who have to work with those police on a daily basis is a good idea.

Dylann Roof has been indicted in Federal Court for completely unnecessary reasons.

Taxes on wine, beer, and spirits vary wildly from state-to-state and even within each state.

When you’re being paid $65,000 to speak for less than an hour, you’re pretty much the poster child for privilege.

The people who continue to claim that the Confederate Flag is about anything other than hatred, racism, and a nation that celebrated slavery are lying to you and to themselves.

The head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has resigned in the wake of criminal charges for covering up sexual abuse of children.

The Cleveland Police Department has agreed to submit to significant monitoring in the wake of a damning Justice Department investigation.

President Obama is taking steps to reduce police militarization, but there’s much more that needs to be done.

Once again, only six or seven states are likely to matter.

The Baltimore Police Department will finally be under the Federal microscope. But it took the death of Freddie Gray for it happen.

Just over a week after a death at the hands of police that remains incredibly suspicious, Baltimore is the sight of violent riots.

Seventy years ago, Harry Truman became President in the final months of a war. He wasn’t prepared for it, but most Vice-President’s after him have been.

Democrats like New York Senator Chuck Schumer could end up being the ones that scuttle the Iranian nuclear deal.

One Missouri legislator is going on a crusade against a “problem” that may not actually exist.

After nearly 20 years in office, Harry Reid announced early today that he would not seek reelection in 2016.

A new Justice Department report has found widespread racial bias in the Ferguson Police Department, but it’s a problem that goes far beyond one Missouri suburb.

Unsurprisingly, Darren Wilson will not face federal charges in connection with the shooting of Michael Brown.

Nearly three years to the day after it started, the George Zimmerman case is essentially over.

Not surprisingly, the Federal investigation of the Michael Brown shooting is ending much like the state investigation did.

New details in the shooting of 12 year old Tamir Rice raise more questions.

NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot dead while sitting in their patrol car In Brooklyn. And those suggesting that anyone other than the killer has “blood on their hands” are being absurd.

An Oberlin College student makes it clear just why she needs an education.

Some on the left are suggesting Democrats should write off the South for the foreseeable future, but that would be as foolish as Republicans assuming that their dominance in the region will last as long as Democratic dominance did in the century after the Civil War.

Apparently, law schools are in the business of coddling their special snowflake children now.

Many have suggested that prosecution of cases involving police misconduct should be handled by prosecutors who don’t work with local police departments on a regular basis. They’re right.

Not surprisingly a new poll finds that African-Americans perceive the American justice system far differently than whites.

But, hey, don’t worry, there’s nothing racial going on here. Nothing at all.

A New York City Grand Jury refuses to indict a cop who appears from all available evidence to choked a guy to death for no good reason.

Michael Brown’s stepfather made incendiary comments in the wake of the Grand Jury announcement, but they do not amount to a crime.

Regardless of the outcome of the Michael Brown investigation, there are legitimate problems that need to be addressed.

A not unexpected decision from the Grand Jury that investigated the Michael Brown shooting.

You thought the American combat role in Afghanistan would end on December 31st? Think again.

An adviser close to Hillary Clinton is talking about expanding the Electoral College map in 2016, but even without such an expansion the GOP faces an uphill battle.

All the warnings of violence in the wake of an expected imminent announcement from the Grand Jury in the Michael brown case could become self-fulfilling prophecy.

We appear to be just days away from an announcement from the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting, and the consensus seems to be that there will be no indictment at all.

Voter Turnout was lower this year than in any midterm since the one held eleven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Reports from the Justice Department seem to be laying the groundwork for more disappointment for those hoping for charges against Officer Darren Wilson.

What if the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting fails to indict Officer Darren Wilson? We may find out if newly leaked evidence is accurate.

The numbers don’t lie.

The streets of Hong Kong have been filled with protesters upset over China’s efforts to control the city’s political future.

Alabamians like to exclaim, “Thank God for Mississippi.” Perhaps it’s time for that slogan to cross the Pond.

There is a good possibility that Darren Wilson could be acquitted in the shooting of Michael Brown.. Are the protesters ready to accept that reality?

The situation in Ferguson, Missouri isn’t calming down.

The shooting of Michael Brown is just another example of an ongoing problem.