Outside the Beltway

Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race, but his party is abandoning him.

National Republicans aren’t at all thrilled with Todd Akin right now.

A victory for the proponents of Voter ID Laws in Pennsylvania.

It just seems like a man can’t live out his creed without some negroidal handling his groceries these days.

Another day, another mass shooting in America. Details are sketchy.

A Federal case in Virginia is testing the boundaries of what constitutes protected speech in the digital age.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

The fact that someone disagrees with you doesn’t mean they’re evil

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

Michele Bachmann and several other Members of Congress are engaging in the despicable tactics of Joe McCarthy.

Opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United continue to miss the point of what the case was really about.

Justice Scaiia’s dissent in Arizona v. United States included many odd forays into areas that had nothing to do with the case before him.

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

How dominant is the Southeastern Conference? It’s won more titles in the big sports since 2005 than all other conferences combined.

Byron York reacts to a CNNMoney story titled “Government wants more people on food stamps” by snarking, “And Democrats reacted angrily when Gingrich called Obama ‘food stamp president.'”

Gas prices are falling nationwide but that’s mostly because the economy kind of stinks.

A grand jury found that beating a child molester to death is an authorized use of deadly force.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels will become president of Purdue University upon completion of his term in January. The faculty is apprehensive because Daniels has not had an academic career.

Neil Munro acted like a jerk, but Barack Obama needs to be more open to questions than he has been.

There is no evidence that the Capital Punishment works.

Jeb Bush is the latest Republican to eschew GOP tax orthodoxy.

The official portrait of George W. Bush, the 43rd president, was unveiled at the White House yesterday. The ceremony was a rare display of political humor and grace.

Did the Founding Fathers make it too hard to amend the Constitution? No, they didn’t.

Innocent people have gone to jail, and some of them are still sitting there.

Private college degree mills have come under intense scrutiny. But many public institutions have similar statistics.

Americans Elect is dead. This should surprise nobody.

White babies now constitute slightly less than half of American births.

A man named Carlos killed a woman named Wanda Lopez. Texas executed a different man named Carlos for the crime.