Outside the Beltway

By the end of today’s first day of hearings on the Affordable Care Act, the Justices seem eager to take the consider the case on the merits.

A profile of the chief of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center.

The debt has increased at a faster rate in the past three years than in the previous eight, but assigning blame isn’t what matters.

What happens when political pandering substitutes for serious fiscal policy.

No, the Obama Administration is not plotting to nationalize the economy in the name of some “national emergency.”

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

Republicans continue to harp on the fact that the President uses a TelePrompter.

Rising fuel prices are starting to hurt the President in the polls, but it’s unclear what that means for November.

Attorney General Eric Holder offered a somewhat alarming defense of the Administration’s policy on targeted killings.

A new poll shows just how badly the GOP is doing among Hispanic voters.

Peter Berkowitz has presented a flawed legal argument for attacking Iran.

GM’s big gamble on the future, the Chevy Volt, isn’t yet paying off.

Many on the right seem unwilling to condemn clearly offensive remarks by Rush Limbaugh

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

Will louder threats move the Iranian regime to back down?

The Obama Administration introduced a corporate tax reform plan that doesn’t go nearly far enough.

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.

The Obama Administration’s proposed solution to the impasse over contraceptives is unlikely to end the debate.

Are culture war issues about to make a comeback in the 2012 campaign?

Rick Santorum swept three states that are off the media radar screen. Will it revive his campaign?

Will the Obama Administration’s decision on contraceptive coverage by the Catholic Church have an impact in November?

The January jobs report was the best we’ve seen in more than three years.

Everything the critics say about the decision is right–and so is the decision.

Not surprisingly, Republicans are trying to reverse the automatic cuts to defense spending agreed to in August.

The latest projections from Congressional Budget Office are sobering to say the least.

Requiring a religious institution to comply with civilian laws is not a violation of religious liberty.

On it’s own, the so-called “Buffett Rule” is unlikely to do much to reduce the deficit.

Two prominent Florida Republicans are warning their party about losing the support of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group.

One year later, Egypt’s revolution remains unfinished.

The truth about a Second Obama Term is that it likely wouldn’t be all that remarkable.

The Obama Administration has halted, for the moment, a pipeline project that has become a political football.

Mitt Romney has a bit of a tax return dilemma.

The first shot in a Constitutional showdown has been fired.

If you are going to talk about the unemployment rate, at least talk about the whole picture.

Conservatives are rejecting Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek essay out of hand, but they ought to pay attention to what he’s saying.

Huntsman’s tactics reinforced his fellow Republicans’ natural skepticism of his candidacy.