Outside the Beltway

Sometimes, we just ought to accept the fact that people have disagreements when it comes to hot-button social issues.

One Chicago politician is using clearly unconstitutional tactics in the political war on Chick-fil-A

Does talent spawn growth? Or does growth attract talent?

David Chan has eaten at more than 6000 Chinese restaurants. He says the best are all in California and most opened in the last decade.

Another local official wants to join the War On Big Soda.

New York’s Governor is proposing a change in the law that could spare thousands of people a year from an unnecessary trip through the legal system.

As societal attitudes change, what counts as an insult so bad you can sue someone over it also changes.

New York City’s Mayor wants to control the size of soft drinks.

Illinois wants to solve its Medicaid problem by hoping its citizens smoke more cigarettes.

The City of Detroit appears ready to abandon vast sections of itself to the metaphorical jungle.

Etan Patz went missing 34 years ago tomorrow morning. The mystery of his disappearance may have been solved today.

The people who gave us the “war on Christmas” are now touting an upsurge on black-on-white crime.

Alan Dershowitz thinls the charges against George Zimmerman should be dropped. With due apologies to the good Professor, he’s wrong.

All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.

The Wall Street Journal publishes a screed aimed at those about to graduate college.

The outpouring from my Twitter stream yesterday on the news of the death of Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys, surprised me.

A series of shocking revelations about Barack Obama’s past have not changed my view of the man who’s been in the White House three-plus years.

Is Mitt Romney the least experienced major-party presidential nominee since1940?

The Rule Of Law is incompatible with political rabble rousing

Thomas Friedman is fantasizing about Michael Bloomberg again.

The Atlantic’s Max Fisher reflects on “What America Can Learn From Norway’s Anders Breivik Trial.”

Like most endorsements, Jeb Bush’s endorsement of Mitt Romney is unlikely to have a major impact on the race.

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.

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

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.

How far should the press go in challenging assertions by politicians?

New video plus a basic primer on Ron Paul’s newsletter situation.

A new set of proposed Constitutional Amendments reveals that many people still don’t understand what Citizens United was about.

Once again, pundits are suggesting that New York’s Michael Bloomberg might run for President. Though nobody seems to be able to explain why.

The NYPD is wantonly violating the 1st Amendment.