Outside the Beltway

An attack on Iran is likely to unleash consequences that we are unprepared to deal with.

Dear Bill Maher and Alexandra Pelosi: The plural of anecdote is not data.

Despite how it many have seemed in January, Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential effort is ending just about the same way his 2008 effort did.

The argument over contraceptive coverage mandates has not gone well for conservatives.

The massacre of civilians in Afghanistan was foreseen.

Sure, he routinely uses gender-specific slurs against conservative women. But he’s not a misogynist!

One Goldman Sachs employee decided to quit his job in a very public manner.

Is the rhetoric in the war of words between the U. S. and Iran ratcheting up?

47 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s performance.

Did Ronald Reagan’s impending inauguration help get our hostages released after 444 days?

The race will go on after Super Tuesday, but the outcome seems ineviable

There are three and only three circumstances under which a man may wear a bracelet.

Newspapers are still finding it hard to live in the Internet Age.

Rick Santorum wants to nullify nearly 200,000 marriages.

Nominating Rick Santorum may be the best things Republicans could do to save their party, but not for the reasons Santorum thinks.

There is no Republican savior out there.

Romney eked out a win in the Michigan primary. He’s going to have a harder time there in November.

Another Federal Court rules in favor of marriage equality, and the biggest news is how unsurprising the outcome of the case is.

Why should lying about having served in combat or been awarded a medal for valor should be legally different from lying about athletic prowess in high school, the number of sexual partners you’ve had, or the size of one’s sex organs?

When it comes to same-sex marriage, the right is fighting a losing battle.

Cal Thomas made a tasteless joke at Rachel Maddow’s expense. He describes the lesson in civility he learned.

China’s government may be more “efficient,” but it’s hardly a model for the rest of the world.

Once again, the face of the Republican race has changed.

The issue of contraception coverage and religious charities is not a new one, despite the way it may sound.

Once again, a government entity thinks the average person is too dumb to take care of themselves.

Sometimes there was no sugar or Splenda for coffee. On chicken wing night, wings were rationed at six per person.

As they did four years, ago the New York Giants will get a parade in New York City today. Some are wondering when Iraq War vets will get theirs.

Trying to open a new business can be a massive and costly headache.

The majority of all rapes in America take place in prison. Which means the majority of rape victims are likely men.

This week we learned that even breast cancer can become politicized. Is there anything that can’t at this point?

Once again, the culture wars intrude into yet another area of life.

Why is the Republican frontrunner pandering to a megalomanical showman?

The DC government’s incompetence knows no bounds.

Once again, the punditocracy is bemoaning the rise of so-called “negative campaigning.”

Yet more revelations about Ron Paul’s newsletters.