Outside the Beltway

No, the electoral college does not encourage the candidates to pay special attention to the small states.

Once again, the Keystone State is teasing the GOP.

The Romney campaign infighting is becoming public.

John Nagl, who became famous as a leading counterinsurgency theorist and practitioner, is taking on a new challenge: grooming young boys for life.

Once again, Chris Christie makes one wish there were more Republicans like him.

As public education continues to wallow in the past, some parents are looking elsewhere for alternatives.

Rob Tornoe has revised his Joe Paterno-Bear Bryant cartoon in light of the Freeh Report.

The Romney campaign has apparently decided to be more aggressive in its attacks on the President, which poses serious risks for the campaign.

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

There are a number of problems with the notion that the Federalist Papers provide a perfect guide to the Constitution.

If we taught the Federalist Papers more rigorously would that lead to a shared view of the constitution?

The argument that Barack Obama hasn’t been vetted is simply absurd.

When will Santorum bow to the inevitable?

There will be no more GOP candidate debates. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

Rising prices at the pump could lead to problems at the voting booth.

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

The problem with Europe may not be the Euro, but the fact that there really aren’t any Europeans.

Are America’s political parties become irrelevant?

As the season changes, the Occupy Wall Street movement seems destined to peter out.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor abruptly canceled a long-scheduled speech to the Wharton Business School after school officials changed the guest list.

Jerome Harrison learned that he has a brain tumor in time to save his life.

The prospects for real economic recovery are not good.

Where do we stand after 224 years?

Allocating Electoral Votes by Congressional District is an idea whose time has come.

Madison argued that the people were the ultimate authority.

Let’s see if there is evidence to support the assertion.

We often conflate intentionality with design. However, even designers may not fully understand how what they have created will work.

Madison went to Philadelphia wanting to increase the power of the central government over the states (quite a bit, in fact).

The US came a lot closer to something resembling a parliamentary system than most people think.

The signs are not good.

Two cases in the news today raise questions about the NFL commissioner’s power.

Does a family court have the authority to tell a parent to delete a blog critical of his ex-wife?