Outside the Beltway

Now that Republicans have the House, wouldn’t they be better off playing nice?

The current approach of the GOP to health care is not dissimilar to its approach to fiscal policy: not a lot of substance.

There appears to be bipartisan support for repealing one of the most egregious tax rules in last year’s Affordable Care Act

The Supreme Court’s refusal to take up the appeal of a far-reaching Commerce Clause case may indicate rough times ahead for challenges to ObamaCare

When determining the effects on the deficit of a certain legislative action, both revenues and spending have to be accounted for. Indeed, you can’t determine whether there is a deficit, surplus or balanced budget without both variables.

The filibuster reform package that Senate Democrats unveiled yesterday has much to recommend to it. Unfortunately, it’s probably doomed.

The next round in the health care reform wars is about to start.

President Obama and Chief Justice Roberts are calling for bipartisanship in the New Year.

Constitutional ambiguity is as old as, well, it’s as old as the Constitution itself

The seemingly sensible end-of-life counseling that was originally part of the Health Care Reform Bill is making a comeback.

Ohio Congressman Steve Driehaus is suing a pro-life PAC for “defamation” and “loss of livelihood” over its role in his defeat in the 2010 Elections.

Is “ObamaCare” a slur or a breezy and descriptive nickname?

The new health care law’s individual mandate was the subject of another bruising court battle yesterday, but the real question in the room was what, if any, are the limits on Congressional authority?

The battle over the individual mandate is really just nothing more than the latest round in a batter that has been ongoing for 221 years.

Despite yesterday’s victory for opponents of the Affordable Care Act, the prospects in the Supreme Court are not good.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has handed the first legal defeat to the President’s health care reform package.

Is Obama really the most liberal President ever? Not really.

Another Federal Judge dismisses a Constitutional challenge to the health care reform law, and demonstrates just how unlikely it is that any of the lawsuits against the law will be successful.

Are the American people finally waking up to the absurdity of TSA security theater? One can only hope they are.

Virginian Republicans have heard of George Allen and not Eric Cantor, Ken Cuccinelli, Bill Bolling, Tom Davis, or Bob Marshall.

Some Republican Senators-elect are imploring Harry Reid not to consider any treaties during the lame duck session.

Okahoma’s James Inhofe has a message for the Tea Party movement — don’t be fooled by the “War On Earmarks.”

Eliminating earmarks is good policy and good politics.

They’ve won the elections, but Republicans still aren’t getting specific about exactly where they’d cut Federal spending.

Dana Milbank asks, “Would we be better off under a President Hillary Clinton?” His affirmative answer isn’t very convincing.

Shockingly, Mitch McConnell and other Republicans are hoping to increase their numbers in Congress and take back the White House.

Ok, what strategy should Speaker Boehner pursue?

Is the public anger at Obama really just papered over racism?

If the polling is anywhere close to accurate, a Republican wave will come crashing down today, repudiating the first two years of the Obama administration. What does it mean?

Amazon is making the complete “I Love Lucy” television series — a whopping 5394 minutes of entertainment on 34 discs — available for one day only at $84.99.

Republicans are promising two years of gridlock and obstructionism if they take control of Congress, but is that really what the people who are likely to vote for them next week really want?

A Federal Judge in Florida has handed a significant, albeit procedural, victory to the opponents of ObamaCare.

A federal judge has ruled that ObamaCare’s individual mandate is Constitutional and thus brings to fruition the inevitable, ridiculous result of Wickard v. Filburn.

The new health care law’s individual mandate has survived it’s first legal challenge, and that’s not really a surprise.

Among the unintended but not unforeseen consequences of the new health care law is that companies who were previously offering some health coverage may stop altogether. In some cases, that’s just as well.

Another new media star is coming to the rescue of an old media dinosaur. Put it’s probably too late.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels appears to be quietly putting together the beginnings of a campaign for President of the United States. Don’t count him out by any means.

David Frum assesses the current state of right-of-center think tanks and the significance thereof.