Outside the Beltway

Some polls aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

James Oliphant asks, “Why Hasn’t the GOP Treated Fort Hood Like Benghazi?”

Another victory for marriage equality.

A pretty clear violation of the First Amendment.

One Virginia county wants to regulate how many people you can have in your home for a visit.

Good news for Republicans.

Toll plazas coming to an Interstate near you?

From the beginning, the Tea Party has shown itself to be just plain bad at picking candidates. This year, they finally seem to be on the verge of paying for it in the GOP primaries

It might not be pretty.

The Mason-Dixon Line says it starts in Maryland, but that no longer seems to be the case.

A good idea, but do the ends justify the means?

The Democrats have a big advantage in the Electoral College, at least for now.

It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.

New York has joined nine other states and the District of Columbia to vote to for an Electoral College bypass.

Perhaps the only good thing you can say about Virginia Delegate Robert Marshall is that, while he may be nuts, at least he’s consistently nuts.

Time to have some sympathy for those poor penny-pinching Congressmen and Senators? Hardly.

As Sarah Palin and the Tea Party turn on Paul Ryan, they are making apparent their own lack of relevance in the political process.

Jeremiah Denton, a Vietnam War hero and one-term US Senator from Alabama, has died. He was 89.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

A Jewish-American OSS hero has been denied the nation’s highest military honor.

The Supreme Court turns down a case dealing with student’s First Amendment rights.

If something is going to be done about an out of control National Security State, it’ll be because the American people demand it.

Ellen Page is gay. So is Michael Sam. Shouldn’t we be aiming for the day when the response to news like this is “So what?”

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.

Another victory for marriage equality. This time from the state that gave us the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on interracial marriage.

Kevin Faulconer proves that Republicans can win in California, but not if they follow the path laid out by the party’s far right wing.

The fight for marriage equality takes another step forward.

President Obama’s new rules for killing Americans with drones are proving inconvenient.

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

Most Americans now see America’s decade of war as a failure.

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

A slap on the wrist underscores the bottom-up nature of US parties.

Republican leaders continue to say stupid things. They may still retake the Senate in November.

Less than a month out of office, the Old Dominion’s former chief executive is facing 14 counts.

Most peer-reviewed research is crap.