Outside the Beltway

Passengers may soon be able to use approved electronic devices during all phases of airplane flights.

The Iraq War did significant damage to the legacy of the Republican Party.

AP has won round 1 in a case against Meltwater that would severely limit the Fair Use concept in commercial cases.

The Judicial Confirmation process needs to be fixed.

David Ranta spent 23 years in jail because of lying witnesses and corrupt police.

Matt Yglesias has a smart push-back against the lamentations of the decline of journalism.

The final release of President Lyndon Johnson’s tape recordings reveals a bizarre plot.

The New York Post reports that Today host Matt Lauer is the leading contender to replace Alex Trebek on Jeopardy.

Is the answer to the same-sex marriage debate as simple as getting the government out of the marriage business, or is it more complicated?

Habemus Papam

The D.C. Circuit now has four vacancies out of eleven seats.

Rand Paul’s filibuster has made him a darling among conservatives but it may not last.

Rand Paul’s filibuster is one that all American’s should thank him for that.

The White House is backing an effort to overturn a bizarre ruled recently enacted by the Library of Congress

About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer and nearly 600,000 have “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles.

The gambling mogul is self-reporting violations of the law against bribing foreign officials.

A baby born with AIDS eighteen months ago has reportedly been cured.

Hundreds of illegal immigrants have been released from detention ahead of possible budget cuts.

There’s an innocent explanation for giving a huge bonus to a financial exec going into government. And it still stinks.

“Who owns Sherlock Holmes?” The answer is . . . complicated.

The Big Gulp ban won’t ban Big Gulps. But it’ll ban 2-liter Cokes with your pizza and pitchers at Chuck E. Cheese.

An excellent essay by Adam Sternbergh “On the Enduring Appeal of ‘Die Hard.'”

Jimmy Cliff’s “The Harder They Come” popularized reggae in America 40 years ago this month.

Rahm Emanuel is reportedly considering a 2016 presidential run. It’s a thin report.

How he went from Juicebox Mafia member to the most important young journalist in DC.

Americans waste $121 billion a year because of traffic congestion.

Conservatives complaining about biased coverage from the liberal media should instead look in the mirror.