Outside the Beltway

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving New Jersey’s challenge to a Federal law outlawing sports betting.

Canada’s Liberal Party ran on a platform that includes nationwide marijuana legalization. With the election won, it seems only a matter of time before Canadians will be able to light up legally.

Pete Rose’s efforts at rehabilitation may have just been fatally injured.

Civil asset forfeiture gives “highway robbery” a whole new meaning.

Not surprisingly a Federal Judge has blocked New Jersey’s latest effort to legalize sports gaming. As a matter of policy, though, there’s no reason it shouldn’t be legal to place wagers on sporting events.

All of the major sports leagues are trying to stop New Jersey’s efforts to legalize sports gambling. They should not be allowed to succeed.

Law enforcement remains unhappy about the recent changes that will make it harder to break into a locked smartphone.

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

A supposed conservative calls for massive increases in taxes on alcohol.

The unequal distribution of social capital may be more important than the unequal distribution of income.

Until this weekend, Mario Cuomo had refused to watch The Godfather. He still isn’t being very fair to it.

Until the presiding Judge in the case rules otherwise, the identities of the members of the jury in the Zimmerman is secret. Should that be the case?

Not surprisingly, Lois Lerner’s attorney is saying his client will only testify under a grant of immunity.

We treat violence by lone individuals differently than organized violence. Race, religion, and national origin have nothing to do with that.

Targeting terrorist leadership may be counterproductive.

The gambling mogul is self-reporting violations of the law against bribing foreign officials.

Conor Friedersdorf contends “The U.S. Already Had a Conversation About Guns—and the Pro Side Won.”

A federal judge has ruled that poker is a game of skill and that therefore betting money on it is not gambling.

America’s Drug War has caused more problems for Mexico than Fast & Furious ever will.