Outside the Beltway

Coming across as uncaring doesn’t help advance your political arguments.

A Federal Appeals Court has struck down a D.C. law requiring tour guides to get a license and pass a test.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

A New York Federal Judge has ruled that unvaccinated children can be forced to stay home during outbreaks.

There is no such thing as a consistent free market, limited government case in favor of restricting immigration, whether legal or illegal.

TNR makes the worst possible case for a proposition that’s almost certainly right.

The May Jobs Report was fairly good, and it marks the end of a jobs recession that started six years ago. But things aren’t entirely rosy.

The latest chapter in an all too familiar story.

The tragedy in Santa Barbara will. inevitably, revive the same old gun debate. But can it ever evolve beyond shouting?

Many who speak with great passion about the Constitution rather frequently make anti-Federalist arguments.

It might not be pretty.

The “Founders” founded a government and the “Framers” were framing the basic structure thereof. This should be obvious.

Middle East peace talks are apparently in such bad shape that the U.S. is thinking of releasing Jonathan Pollard as an incentive to Israel.

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

A surprisingly disappointing jobs report for December.

There are some signs that there may be room to strike a deal on the extension of unemployment benefits, but it’s likely to require some drama on Capitol Hill before it happens.

From Florida, a small victory for Fourth Amendment rights.

The Sunbelt continues to dominate.

Does your kid qualify for subsidized lunch? One candidate for Senate in Georgia wants to put them to work.

In an ordinary post-recession world, we wouldn’t need to talk about extended unemployment benefits, but times are far from ordinary.

The economy of the Euro Zone remains in quiet dire straits, unless you’re lucky enough to live in Germany.

With debate season over, it’s looking less and less likely that Virginia Republicans will be able to hold back the Democrats on November 5th.

Divided government is the worst political system ever, except for all the others.

If one considers oneself to be conservative, ask if the the actions of the GOP at the moment conform to that term..

Sailors will now be required to wait until 9 am to buy booze.

The military’s finance and accounting system has been dysfunctional for decades and is getting worse.

Shocking news out of California.

Jerry Brown’s second go-round as governor has been very, very good to the Golden State.

CNN is reviving the Crossfire shoutfest with Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter, and Van Jones as hosts.

A new round of documents from the IRS, that aren’t really new, doesn’t really change the basic narrative on the IRS “targeting” story.

For two centuries, British sailors have toasted their “wives and sweethearts.” No more.

It looks for all the world as if the House GOP Caucus isn’t really under the control of the leadership.

A new Congressional Budget Office report finds real economic benefits from immigration reform.

Finland gives all parents of newborns a cardboard box for their babies to sleep in. No, they’re not homeless.

The state of Mississippi is going to use DNA evidence to track down statutory rapists. Why not deadbeat dads?

When does politics become the “primary activity” of a 501(c)4?

What’s going on in England and Sweden?

Almost no one can confidently explain, let alone define, the specifics of the 501(c)4 designation.

What happened at the IRS looks a lot more like deliberate political bias than simple incompetence.

A starting point for two important stories.

The rich are getting richer and more politically powerful.