Outside the Beltway

Not much science from the Congressional Committees devoted to science.

The European far right has found a friend in an unlikely place.

People are still going to jail for being unable to pay their fines. And often billed for the priviledge.

Committing a crime is bad enough, committing a stupid crime in the dumbest way possible is orders of magnitude bad.

The editors of our great newspapers are interchangeable.

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

Hubris.

Larry Wilmore is getting a much-deserved promotion.

The Supreme Court has again ruled that prayers that open legislative sessions are not unconstitutional.

Toll plazas coming to an Interstate near you?

General Motors is headed back to court.

The Tea Party challenge to Mitch McConnell has not exactly gone as planned.

Good news.

It might not be pretty.

The Mason-Dixon Line says it starts in Maryland, but that no longer seems to be the case.

The Justice Department thinks police should be able to search the smart phones of anyone arrested for anything.

Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century is making quite a splash.

Contrary to popular belief, eyewitness testimony is often quite unreliable.

The anti-vaccination movement has earned a dubious achievement, the return of a disease that was effectively eradicated 15 years ago.

The bloom is off the rose, but Chris Christie could still be a strong candidate in 2016.

Market Watch presents this infographic of “the most and least expensive states to live in the U.S.

It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.

Cliven Bundy still has his defenders among the hardcore right, but many people have joined Kentucky’s junior Senator in throwing Cliven Bundy under the bus

Continuing the discussion from earlier this week on hate crimes.

The removal of chemical weapons from Syria is nearly complete. Does Obama deserve credit for that?

Who watches Sunday morning talk shows anymore?

Adding paywalls isn’t stopping the decline of the newspaper industry.

Chelsea Clinton is pregnant, and once again America’s political pundits are making fools of themselves.

New York has joined nine other states and the District of Columbia to vote to for an Electoral College bypass.

Interactions between consumers and businesses online are starting to have an impact on the legal system.

A partial victory, but a victory nonetheless.

Thanks to Edward Snowden, the Washington Post and the Guardian are Pulitzer Prize winners.

The editorial board of the nation’s newspaper of record laments a quarter century-old trend.

We should expect to pay more for the least undesirable seats.

The Democratic field for 2016 is frozen in place waiting for the presumptive frontrunner to make a decision.

March’s Jobs Report was about as uplifting as the numbers in the past.