Outside the Beltway

The White House has apparently rejected using a tortured interpretation of the 14th Amendment to deal with the debt ceiling debate.

Judging by the June jobs report, there’s no economic recovery coming in the near future.

Not only was June a horrible month for jobs but May was even worse than previously announced.

Tim Pawlenty was the first major Republican to enter the 2012 race. He may well be the first to quit. If so, it may take a while to notice.

The US Supreme Court declined to stay the execution of a child raping murderer over a technical violation of a treaty.

More than any other time in the past, the GOP is now firmly under the control of its most conservative members.

Not surprisingly, people still order that big juicy cheeseburger even after being told it contains over 1,000 calories.

Usually, Defendants plead guilty for perfectly rational reasons.

Microsoft is making millions from Android phones, despite having nothing to do with designing, marketing, manufacturing, or distributing them.

There’s apparently a new proposal on the table at the debt negotiations, and it looks very interesting.

It’s the marketing of college as a panacea that’s a scam, not college itself.

Georgia Congressman Paul Broun has a radical suggestion: While we’re playing chicken with the nation’s debt, let’s cut $1.3 trillion from the debt ceiling!

The Casey Anthony trials lends evidence to support Jon Stewart’s basic hypothesis about the MSM.

Illegal immigration from Mexico is down substantially, and it has nothing to do with all those anti-immigration laws.

The biggest news story of the past six weeks was something completely trivial.

President Obama smiled as he signed the 2009 stimulus into law, but the results aren’t anything to smile about.

Whatever happened to the GOP’s promise to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act?

The so-called “14th Amendment option” to fix the debt ceiling crisis is really just a prescription for an even more powerful Presidency.

The Obama Justice Department is siding against historians trying to protect the confidentiality of their sources.

More people are chasing careers in film than there are careers in film. And not just in front of the camera.

I have been only peripherally aware of the trial–and then only in the way that I’m aware of Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and reality TV.

A Florida jury has found Casey Anthony not guilty of murdering her daughter. The criminal justice system works.

What exactly is the GOP trying to accomplish in the debt ceiling negotiations?

We’re working longer than ever and working even when we’re “off.”