Outside the Beltway

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

How did the west become part of the US?

Cliven Bundy still has his defenders among the hardcore right, but many people have joined Kentucky’s junior Senator in throwing Cliven Bundy under the bus

The Court gets the result right, but their reasoning will make things much more difficult for courts, defendants, and victims.

The Supreme Court may have just found a way to end the debate over Affirmative Action in education.

Can Rick Perry bounce back from the epic disaster of his 2012 campaign?

Hillary Clinton’s numbers aren’t at the incredibly high levels they used to be, but they were never going to stay that high anyway.

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.

The editorial board of the nation’s newspaper of record laments a quarter century-old trend.

The current Congress is on pace to pass fewer laws and bills than any since the end of World War II. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

JR is from Texas wants you to know that Texas is big. No, bigger than that.

Many Republicans won’t like Jeb Bush’s recent comments about illegal immigration, but he’s right.

A new poll finds that people in Illinois have an accurate assessment of politics in their state.

A pattern continues.

The votes are in. And the outcome is meaningless.

A rich guy wants to break up California.

The string of victories for same-sex marriage continues as a Federal Judge rules that the Commonwealth of Kentucky must recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.

Ted Cruz keeps putting his own party in difficult situations, mostly because he has only his own ambition at heart.

Mitch McConnell’s hopes to become Senate Majority Leader could hinge on what happens in his own state and in Georgia.

Can you still buy batteries there, though?

The House GOP leadership’s principles are a good start, but it’s unclear if they can make it past the anti “amnesty” crowd that seems to dominate the GOP.

Gizmodo’s Brian Barrett explains “Why the South Fell Apart in the Snow.”

Tonight, the American political system stops to engage in the biggest waste of time ever invented.

Marlise Munoz is finally at peace, but the law that kept her hooked up to machines for two months remains on the books.

A man who viewed two photographs of a child abuse victim has been ordered to pay $3.4 million in damages.

Polarization is not the cause of our problems.

A brain dead woman in Texas is being kept alive while a fetus that is still not viable grows inside of her.

Ted Cruz continues to act as if he hasn’t learned his lessons from the shutdown debacle

The Sunbelt continues to dominate.

Once again, Chris Christie seems to be directly challenging the right wing of his party.

A victory for same-sex marriage in an unlikely place.

Time to watch a bit of true American exceptionalism in action.