Outside the Beltway

The US Senate wants to know why Apple and other big technology companies are paying so little into the US Treasury.

The Kaboob House Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

A top IRS official will reportedly invoke her 5th Amendment rights rather than testify before Congress tomorrow.

The Virginia GOP’s nominee for Lt. Governor could pose a problem for the party.

The Moore, Oklahoma neighborhood as it was before the tornado.

Senior DOJ officials from the previous three administrations back the Obama DOJ’s controversial subpoenaing of AP conversations.

Christine Fox, the real-life inspiration for Charlie of “Top Gun,” and the casual sexism of 1985.

After many attempts to manufacture grand scandals out of very little, Republicans may finally have a legitimate outrage on their hands.

President Obama delivered another powerful speech on race.

Fifty years after Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent, Everest is crowded with guided tours and littered with the corpses of inexperienced climbers.

Time for the Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

Michael Kinsley contends “Being against marriage equality doesn’t make you a monster.”

Social scientists take note: the press has gotten bored with Syria, so your data are no longer reliable.

A San Francisco bacon restaurant smells like bacon. Thankfully, a compromise has been reached.

Native speakers instinctively notice syntactical errors, but not ordinary “grammar errors.”

The Swing And A Miss Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Homicide rates are on pace to be lower than they were at the start of the 20th Century.

Tuition goes up as state funding goes down.

The economics of higher education is increasing the gap between rich and poor.

Just how serious was the leak that the Associated Press reported on last May?

The OTB Reader Survey posted a week ago today generated a solid discussion.

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

What is the appropriate response to someone who’s acting like a jerk?

My latest for The National Interest, “Kenneth Waltz’s Crucial Logic,” has posted.