Outside the Beltway

Rick Santorum sounds like someone applying for a job in a religious institution, not someone running to be the President of the United States.

A bill likely to become law in Virginia will require all women seeking abortions to undergo an invasive ultrasound examination.

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

The Obama Campaign is being criticized for agreeing to play the SuperPAC game like everyone else does.

Trying to open a new business can be a massive and costly headache.

Virtually everything Stephen Colbert is doing was legal before Citizens United.

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

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

Have Americans divided themselves into what are becoming increasingly different cultures?

One year later, Egypt’s revolution remains unfinished.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

It’s not just low wages that have kept technology manufacturing jobs out of the United States.

Mitt Romney made a suggestion about how to fix our campaign finance system. It’s a good idea.

Rick Santorum’s views on the role of government are somewhat disturbing.

Let’s ban robocalls.

If you’re going to take public money, “religious liberty” is not an excuse to fail to comply with the law.

Rick Perry is seeking Court intervention to get on the Virginia ballot. He isn’t likely to get very far.

So what was it: taken out of context or written by someone else?

Welcome technological change, or crony capitalism?

A new set of proposed Constitutional Amendments reveals that many people still don’t understand what Citizens United was about.

Can we credibly blame the CRA, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, and the like for the mortgage crisis?

Another meme debunked, plus some thoughts on policy.

From Europe, a case of regulation gone nuts.

Rick Perry is out with a plan to reform Washington. Mostly, it’s just a bunch of gimmicks.

The Occupy movement is starting to face the reality that they really aren’t engaging in protected speech.

Barry Ritholtz lists a dozen causes of the financial crisis.

When the CFTC wanted to change a rule, Jon Corzine used his influence to stop them.

Mitt Romney played it safe on a controversial issue again.

Rick Perry’s tax plan isn’t very impressive.

There’s no consensus for European-style social democracy or a Randian libertarian paradise.

Have Republicans been co-opted by the Big Government they claim to hate?

Everyone’s talking about jobs again. And it’s not a pretty picture.

Legal guidelines for protestors.

Some on the right are giving Occupy Wall Street and The 99%’ers a second look.

Now that he’s a top tier candidate, it’s hard to see how Herman Cain’s tax plan can withstand serious scrutiny.

Harry Reid’s “nuclear option” has changed the rules of the game, for now.

Are the worries about China overtaking the United States realistic?

Sarah Palin is out for 2012

A major backer of Republican and Libertarian causes is under fire.