Outside the Beltway

If we are going to assess the “Reagan Question” then methinks some data would be helpful.

The American public doesn’t think we can afford to cut any category of government spending, even imaginary ones.

Andrew Ross Sorkin says Facebook’s IPO was a debacle. Mark Cuban says this misunderstands the purpose of an IPO.

Some unpleasant news for the Democrats in a new poll.

The How Do I Order Ham and Eggs? Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Do fiscal conservatives realize they’re being sold a bill of goods?

Some surprising findings about how America’s undergraduates are paying for their education.

Challenge the ideas of those with whom you disagree, not their patriotism, decency, or integrity.

Technically, you don’t own your digital music files. That means you can’t transfer them to your heirs after you die.

Time for the Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

Obama heads into his convention in a good position, but with several potential pitfalls in his path.

John Nagl, who became famous as a leading counterinsurgency theorist and practitioner, is taking on a new challenge: grooming young boys for life.

The front page of Sunday’s NYT profiled Valerie Jarrett, the power behind the throne at the Obama White House.

President Obama says he’s a huge Clint Eastwood fan and wasn’t offended by his performance at the RNC.

Some of the Harvard students accused of cheating are speaking out, and making allegations of their own.

General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a message to Israel last week.

The Obama campaign clearly does not want Americans to consider whether they are better off now than they were four years ago.

So far, there’s very little movement in the polls for Governor Romney.

“Growing up in California, it was illegal for Asians to marry whites. How times have changed. I married a white DUDE.”

A rather egregious case of misplaced priorities in Texas.

In a radio interview last week, Paul Ryan claimed to have run a sub-3 hour marathon. He did no such thing.

A new IAEA report may make an Israeli strike on Iran in the near future more likely than it has ever been.