Outside the Beltway

Are people fleeing blue states to avoid repressive taxes? It depends who you’re asking.

Last November the state voted overwhelming to amend its constitution. The lawmakers they elected at the same time are sabotaging it.

You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

President Trump announced today that James Mattis would be out as Secretary of Defense by the end of the year.

New York State seems likely to join the list of states where marijuana has been legalized sometime next year.

She’s quite likely the youngest 4-star general in the U.S. Army, if not the U.S. military.

One month before voters in several states head to the polls to vote on legalization referendums, a new poll shows that public support for legalization remains at record high levels.

The Garden State has put a hold on marijuana prosecutions in anticipation of full legalization by the end of the year.

New York and several other states have filed an incredibly dubious lawsuit against the Republican’s new tax law.

Rick Scott is pulling in impressive fundraising numbers, giving Democrats reason to worry that they’ll have another Senate seat to worry about in November.

In November, Michigan voters will be able to make their state the tenth state to legalize marijuana. This is just the latest step in what seems to be an irreversible trend.

President Trump is reportedly considering the 47-year-old Utah Senator to replace Anthony Kennedy.

A controversial name is disappearing from one small stretch of road.

Political columnist and commentator Charles Krauthammer has weeks to live.

It may be my favorite Star Wars film since ‘Empire Strikes Back.’

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization according to a new poll.

As has often been the case, the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is arousing some degree of controversy, mostly because of the comedy or lack thereof.

Overnight, we moved to content encryption. Here’s what that means for you.

In response to inquiries about frequent media mentions of the Director’s wartime service, the CIA has confirmed he did not serve in combat.

The highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has introduced a bill that would effectively decriminalize marijuana nationwide and leave it up to each state to decide how far they wish to go with regard to cannabis regulation. It’s a huge step in the right direction.

A well-meaning journalist brushes off critiques by experts in the field. He owes it to his readers to keep learning.

More whimsical than most of my selections but we could use that right about now.

The guy from Real People? He’s rich.

He’s been in the music business in some form or the other since 1985. He has been, it’s fair to say, the opposite of an overnight success.

This is from the band Jack Levitt off their 2007 release “Conversations With A Chupacabra.”

The Trump Administration is reversing policy on an Obama Era policy that allowed states to choose their own course on marijuana laws.

A new poll shows that a record majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, support legalization of marijuana.

Ending a mission that began when it was launched nearly twenty years ago, the Cassini probe was sent into Saturn’s atmosphere to perform one final task.

A seemingly ‘safe choice’ for F.B. I. Director.

With two votes last night, President Trump’s Cabinet is coming together.

Top officials of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have taken jobs in the industry they were regulating.

A journalistic legend has passed away just days after his retirement was officially announced.

St. Louis will lose its second NFL team in 28 years as the Rams go home to LA.

The British Parliament has approved expansion of that countries airstrikes into Syria, but it’s unclear just how much of an impact that will have on the ground.

For good reason, many Republicans are worried about the prospect that Donald Trump could end up winning the Republican nominee, but they don’t seem to have a plan to stop him.

Remarks by a Democratic politician in Virginia regarding the Administration’s Syrian refugee program have brought up disturbing reminders of a shameful time in American history.

My favorite sports team employs a thug.

While a brilliant and accomplished man, he’s absolutely clueless about politics and world affairs.

The American people don’t believe that liberty should be sacrificed in the name of security, but their leaders largely don’t care.

Lee Siegel takes to the NYT to explain “Why I Defaulted on My Student Loans.”

This is perhaps the silliest idea ever.

Does an individual’s changed gender identity alter history?

Apple CEO Tim Cook has officially revealed an open secret.

When I saw the entry at memeorandum proclaiming that “Wikipedia Is Now Trying To Eliminate The Federalist’s Online Entry,” I was flummoxed.

Alabamians like to exclaim, “Thank God for Mississippi.” Perhaps it’s time for that slogan to cross the Pond.

The Copyright Office says that works not “created” by humans are not entitled to copyright protection.

The United States is, in fact, doing the exact opposite.