Outside the Beltway

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.

According to some reports, President Obama may be about to make an end run around Congressional inaction on immigration reform.

Another Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in on the marriage equality debate.

The Grey Lady sees the light on a major part of the War On Drugs.

A Silicon Valley businessman says he has enough signatures to get it on the ballot, but the plan to break California up into six states is most assuredly going nowhere.

It seems improbable, but the national landscape on same-sex marriage is changing so quickly that even the Republican Party may find itself changing faster than some might think.

The right to fly can’t be denied on mere whim.

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.

Another legal victory for marriage equality.

Sooner or later, the Supreme Court will have to rule on a challenge to state laws banning same-sex marriage.

Yet another Federal Judge has struck down a state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

A 13 month string of legal victories for marriage equality reaches Oregon.

Some polls aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

It might not be pretty.

Contrary to popular belief, eyewitness testimony is often quite unreliable.

It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.

New York has joined nine other states and the District of Columbia to vote to for an Electoral College bypass.

Portland, Oregon government officials and USA Today headline writers are innumerate.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

The fight for marriage equality takes another step forward.

Most peer-reviewed research is crap.

Many of America’s great writers were alcoholics.

An excellent argument for immigration reform can be found in the case of one Californian named Sergio Garcia.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

Some 2000 veterans of World War II were lobotomized by the VA. That’s awful but not outrageous.

Much like the guy who’s afraid to talk to girls in High School, Republicans don’t seem to know how to talk to women. But their problems are actually bigger than that.

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

A contrite President Obama offered a “fix” for one of the biggest problems that the PPACA has created.

The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.

Another Federal Court has declared the PPACA’s contraceptive coverage mandate to be unconstitutional.

Chris Christie’s decision to take a tactical retreat on the issue of same-sex marriage raises some interesting questions for 2016.

The House wasted a day yesterday, now it’s crunch time.

My latest for The National Interest, “Clapper’s Bodyguard of Lies,” has posted.

Harry Reid is supposedly making another run at filibuster reform.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

An employer has scored a major victory in its fight against Obamacare’s contraceptive coverage mandate.

A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.

Should bloggers be treated the same as “journalists” for the purpose of the protections granted by media shield laws?

The days of tax-free online shopping are coming to an end.