Outside the Beltway

One down. How many more to go?

Both Donald Trump and Ohio Governor John Kasich face big tests in tomorrow’s Michigan primary.

Bernie Sanders was more aggressive in last night’s debate than he has been in the past, but it’s likely too little, too late.

Britons will go to the polls in June to decide the future of their country’s relationship with the rest of Europe.

The no-fly list is a flawed, arbitrary mess that has kept innocent people from flying for years. Using it to deny people rights recognized by the Constitution is, quite honestly, insane.

Protests by students at Princeton are causing some people to finally pay attention to some inconvenient truths about America’s 28th President.

To the surprise of nobody who was actually paying attention to political reality, Vice-President Biden announced today that he will not be a candidate for President.

If pre-election polling is to be believed, Stephan Harper and Canada’s Conservative Party seem likely to lose power after Monday’s elections, but there are several reasons why this may not end up being the case.

In which I change my mind on an important topic.

It’s easy to see what Greece thinks it still needs Europe, it’s more of puzzle why Europe thinks it needs to hang on to Greece.

Greece reached a new deal with European bankers that seems oddly similar to the one that voters rejected just a week ago.

A 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a different GOP.

A Republican political consultant says Hillary Clinton is in danger of losing the nomination.

Greek voters rejected the latest bailout package, but that only seems likely to make things even worse for them.

A new Michigan law allows religious-affiliated adoption agencies to turn away parents for religious reasons, and it seems fairly obvious what the target is in this case.

Thwarted by the legislature, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal used his executive power to take action that seems directed more toward evangelicals in Iowa than anything happening in his home state.

With the election behind him, David Cameron’s biggest problems may be yet to come.

Great Britain heads to the polls in less than a week, and it remains unclear just what’s going to happen.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is now appealing to the worst aspects of economic populism on the right.

Australia has an interesting new idea about how to encourage parents to vaccinate their children.

One Missouri legislator is going on a crusade against a “problem” that may not actually exist.

While the issue of income inequality is quite real, Oxfam’s numbers are not.

For the fourth time in three years, a Federal Court has ruled that Florida’s law requiring drug tests for welfare recipients is unconstitutional.

Yet another example of the need for context when discussing stats.

Michael Brown’s stepfather made incendiary comments in the wake of the Grand Jury announcement, but they do not amount to a crime.

A critic of the imperial presidency becomes an imperial president.

Fresh off his third statewide win in four years, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appears to be getting ready to run for President.

A popular idea that does nothing useful while simultaneously violating the Constitution.

There’s nothing wrong with choosing not to vote.

Mandatory quarantines are a massive violation of personal liberty. We ought to be careful in how, when, and why we impose them and who they are directed toward.

For the ninth time since 1974, the next Governor of Maine will likely be elected with less than 50% of the vote.

And Alaska makes 30.

As we head into a new conflict, perhaps we ought to give more thought to fiscal issues than the President is to overall strategy.

Now on to solving the complex puzzle of the post-referendum UK.

It’s all over but the voting in Scotland.

With just nine days to go, it’s anyone’s guess how the Scottish Independence vote will turn out.

Another Federal appellate Court has struck down state law bans on same-sex marriage, but the only thing that matters now is the Supreme Court.

Bestiality and prostitution are legal in Denmark. And not just separately.

17-year veteran of the LAPD says, “If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t challenge me.”

Once something that generally benefited Republicans, social issues are now becoming a wedge issue for Democrats.

Hopes for a temporary respite in the Gaza conflict faded away today.

My latest for The National Interest, “Europe’s Free Ride on the American-Defense Gravy Train,” has posted.

Thad Cochran has been officially certified as the winner of the Mississippi GOP Primary Runoff Election, but it’s not over yet.

Rush Limbaugh is still really, really angry about subsidized birth control. And lots of other stuff.

A piece at Foreign Policy provides a chance to give some thought to institutions.

A US-EU free trade zone is a no-brainer. But the devil is in the details.

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.