Outside the Beltway

The Blues began a century ago yesterday, with the release of WC Handy’s “Memphis Blues.”

Firearms are set to pass the automobile as the instrument for American deaths.

Remember when the Bush administration was spying on calls Americans made overseas without a warrant? Those were the good old days.

It’s okay to criticize military veterans–even if you never served in the military.

How two head coaches got struggling NFL teams ready to play one day after the shocking death of a teammate.

Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy last night, becoming the first “freshman” to do so.

The truth behind today’s unemployment numbers.

At this moment, Chris Christie is the most popular Governor in the country.

Thanks to the CFTC, Americans will no longer be able to participate in Intrade’s predictions markets.

The Governor of Iowa thinks the Ames Straw Poll should be ended, but he really ought to go further than that.

Reports of the Twinkie’s death have been exaggerated.

Truth. Overrated?

The death of Hostess Brands is a lesson in what is supposed to happen to failed companies in a free market.

Judging by the record of the past decade and a half, movement conservatism has accomplished very little.

Kevin Clash was falsely accused of having sex with an underage boy. He merely had sex with a boy who was too young.

Republicans used to dominate California. Now, they’re barely a factor in the state’s politics.

The Republican Party needs more than outreach to Hispanics to become a viable national party again.

Turning young voters into Young Republicans isn’t going to be an easy thing for the GOP to pull off.

Tthere’s enough bad punditry going around that there’s no need to invent cases to expose.

An ode to one-term Congressman Allen West.

Mayor Bloomberg has decided to hold the New York Marathon Sunday even though millions are still without power and the city infrastructure is unable to cope with normal activity.

We are fast approaching an era where robot-driven cars will not only be practical but mandatory.

Once again, a natural disaster has caused a common economic fallacy re resurface.

Were you impacted by Hurricane Sandy? If so, how did you fare?

The Mid-Atlantic region is under the gun.

The case of an infant with a rare genetic condition raises an interesting ethical dilemma.