Outside the Beltway

Former N.F.L. player, and convicted murderer, Aaron Hernandez suffered from a severe case of C.T.E. at the time of his death according to a post-mortem brain study.

Commerce Department figures report a measurable drop in international travel to the United States since the start of 2017.

Perhaps it’s time to consider getting rid of the debt ceiling entirely.

President Trump likes to take credit for the state of the economy, but the truth is that things are actually doing slightly worse under his Administration than they were under his predecessor.

The fundamental premise at the heart of the immigration bill that President Trump backed earlier this month has no merit whatsoever.

Plus some comparisons of Trump/Obama and Trump/Bill Clinton.

In a short period of time, SpaceX has become a huge success, as has the commercial space launch industry.

According to initial estimates, the economy grew at faster pace in the second quarter than at the beginning of the year, but it was hardly anything to write home about.

A Duke history professor uncovers “stealth plan” by “fifth columnists” who are seeking to overthrow democracy in the U.S. for their plutocrat masters.

The June Jobs Report was significantly better than what we saw in May but on the whole not different from what we’ve seen for the last three years or so.

For the third time since December,, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates.

Economic growth in the first quarter wasn’t as bad as first estimated, but it still wasn’t very good. And the future is unclear at best.

The Jobs Report for April showed much-improved numbers from the disappointment in March.

The first scorecard for President Trump’s first economic quarter in office isn’t exactly very good.

The Trump Administration is out with a tax plan, but it’s seriously lacking in details.

The Worldwide Leader fired over 100 on-air personalities yesterday.

The organizers are paying for prestige, not influence.

Another big change at Fox News Channel.

Another step toward making it easier to cut the cord.

After starting the year with two good months, the jobs report for March was quite disappointing.

Another SpaceX success.

So far, there’s no sign that Donald Trump is having much of an impact on the economy.

The Oakland Los Angeles Oakland Raiders are headed to Vegas, baby!

For only the third time since the Great Recession ended, the Federal Reserve Board has raised interest rates.

Part Two in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan. This post examines several ideas advanced by conservatives, and the reasons they aren’t complete answers to the problems we face.

Part One in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan.

The first Jobs Report for the first full month of the Trump Presidency is out, but it’s nothing to write home about.

Health care policy analysts seem united in their assessment of the House GOP’s replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and it’s overwhelmingly negative.

I am going to construct a complicated mathematical model of the economy, and then I’m going to calibrate it using some actual data, and in the end I will be able to tell everyone how much better or worse off they are given various changes in the economy. And it will be totally and completely true. Trust me, it’s math and therefore science.

Fewer people are watching live television events such as the Super Bowl and Academy Awards.

Trump’s attempt to fix the balance of trade will almost surely end up leaving us all worse off.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellin hinted strongly today that we’re likely to see another interest rate increase this month.

Travel industry experts are reporting a noticeable drop in international travel and tourism since Donald Trump was elected President.

An ambitious plan to return men to the Moon in less than two years.

Budget hawks in the GOP face a showdown with Donald Trump’s spending ambitions this year that will likely decide whether we’ll ever get spending under control.

After a year long experiment, Playboy is bringing nudity back.

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

Technology continues to make more and more jobs unnecessary and irrelevant. And the consequences are going to be widespread.

There were 111.3 million people tuned into the Super Bowl on Sunday, slightly lower than last year.

The first Jobs Report of 2017 saw healthy jobs growth in January, but there are signs we may be reaching a point where hiring could slow down.

A Super Bowl ad will cost you a cool $5,000,000 for thirty seconds.

Megaprojects are not a partisan thing. Megaprojects are large projects typically costing more than $1 billion and often tens of billions of dollars and impacting the lives of tens of thousands of people if not millions.

Yet another example of why Trump and his views on Trade and the economy are contradictory and even incoherent. Not only should Trump be building his Great Trump Wall™ in Mexico he should be furiously working against any and all foreign investment in the U.S.

There are two ways (at least) to have cars in America.

Yet more incoherent economic policy from the Tweeter in Chief. A border tax will mean that Americans will undoubtedly pay for at least part of the Great Wall of Trump™.

The Great Wall of Trump™ is almost surely going to be a disaster, the question remains how big of a disaster will it be.

President Trump reverses a decision made by President Obama just over a year ago.

A long-standing staple of American culture will soon be no more.

A tepid December jobs report tops off a tepid year.