Outside the Beltway

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

Todd Akin continues to give Republicans headaches.

The most novel argument yet against capital punishment.

In a new survey, Americans cite politics and the news as the biggest sources of stress in their lives.

Just in time for the midterms, Todd Akin is back to remind voters of the GOP’s problems with female voters.

When it comes to Iraq, the media only seems to be giving Americans one side of the story.

After appearing to be at the end of his political career, Thad Cochran has pulled off a surprising victory over his Tea Party backed challenger.

A committee of journalists who work in the “traditional” media has once again denied press credentials to SCOTUSBlog.

There is no such thing as a consistent free market, limited government case in favor of restricting immigration, whether legal or illegal.

Iraq’s Prime Minister seems to be responding to the uprising in his country in a way guaranteed to make it worse.

The IRS’s claim that it lost some unknown number of Lois Lerner’s emails doesn’t really add up.

A new job for the Congressman recently filed by his own constituents?

Some Republicans apparently think the key to their future lies in the past.

The left-right divide is worse than it has been in decades, and we’re paying the price.

The latest chapter in an all too familiar story.

Once again, Rand Paul is challenging conservative orthodoxy.

Who watches Sunday morning talk shows anymore?

If a decision by the Senate Press Gallery stands, SCOTUSBlog’s ability to cover the Supreme Court will be significantly restricted.

Voter ID supporters are pointing to a report from the North Carolina Board of Elections as proof of ongoing Voter Fraud. But, while long on facts, the report has yet to reach any such conclusions.

Was there ever a more tepid endorsement than “Joe Scarborough for President? Sure, Why Not?”

Wonkblog’s founder is leaving the Washington Post to start a new media outlet of his own.

The latest news on the marijuana legalization front has led David Brooks and others to go into a completely pathetic panic.

The New York Times Benghazi report raises as many questions as it purports to answer.

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

The President is neither messiah nor devil, and the media does the public no favors when it treats him as either.

The Fox News Channel created “War On Christmas” officially entered the absurd zone last week.

Republicans have some good ideas about overhauling how they pick a nominee. Unfortunately, it’s hard to see how most of them can be enforced.

The Federal Exchange website seems to be functioning better, but many questions about implementation of the PPACA remain to be answered.

A top House Republican suggested today that only Governor’s should be President. His argument has both practical and historical merit.

Rand Paul used word-for-word excerpts from Wikipedia in two speeches in Virginia.

Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?

And Republicans wonder why they have problems with minority voters.

Al Jazeera debuted its American broadcast Tuesday. Fewer Americans have access to Al Jazeera than they did Monday.