Outside the Beltway

The latest projections from Congressional Budget Office are sobering to say the least.

Employees of the US Federal Government earn substantially more in salary and benefits than their private sector comparables.

Lucy Kellaway figures the best thing we middle agers can do for the young is to get the hell out of their way.

Censorship or sound business practice?

On it’s own, the so-called “Buffett Rule” is unlikely to do much to reduce the deficit.

Another weak GDP report that portends stagnation ahead.

Have Americans divided themselves into what are becoming increasingly different cultures?

The reaction to the release of Mitt Romney’s tax returns is about what you’d expect.

It’s not just low wages that have kept technology manufacturing jobs out of the United States.

The combined value of Apple’s stock is more than the GDP of some countries.

The Obama Administration has halted, for the moment, a pipeline project that has become a political football.

Wikipedia’s English language site will be offline for 24 hours tomorrow to protest two controversial online piracy bills.

Are their cultural reasons for America’s obesity problem?

Higher gas prices in the spring could have an impact on the economy, and the election.

A Washington Post fact check calls this “true but false.”

Mitt Romney is taking heat for his role at Bain Capital. He shouldn’t.

Some initial data released today points to the possibility of a very position jobs report tomorrow, but don’t hold your breath.

Congress eliminates a bad subsidy, but it’s only because there’s a worse one on the books.

Could traders soon be betting on the outcome of the Presidential elections? Should they be?

The United States tops the world in giving money, volunteering time, and helping strangers.

Where is the economy headed? The signals are mixed at best.

Welcome technological change, or crony capitalism?

Do American courts throw people in jail for failing to pay their debts? No, they don’t.

A new set of proposed Constitutional Amendments reveals that many people still don’t understand what Citizens United was about.

Conservative groups are upset because a new reality show depicts Muslim-Americans as, well, normal Americans.

Paul Krugman’s latest column, “Depression and Democracy,” is simply bizarre.

The Postal Service announced another round of service cutbacks today that are likely to just make the rapidity of its decline increase

Some good news in the November jobs report, but not very much of it.

Guess who got advance warning of government actions on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis?

You’d think that in today’s world employers wouldn’t have trouble finding qualified employees. You’d be wrong.

Can we credibly blame the CRA, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, and the like for the mortgage crisis?

Life, it turns out, isn’t fair.