Outside the Beltway

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

The ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Animal House’ producer is gone at 75.

Is the past still the past?

An interesting but uneven debate.

A world in which we’re all contractors is a dystopian utopia.

We’re going to make history one way or another in November.

November saw much higher jobs growth than economic analysts were expecting, but it could just be a statistical blip.

The Federal Budget Deficit passed the $700 Billion mark with three months still to go in the Fiscal Year.

Economic growth slowed significantly in the fourth quarter of 2018 from where it had been earlier in the year. And it’s likely to slow down even more.

With the 2020 Campaign set to begin as soon as the 2018 campaign ends, Democrats find themselves facing an age issue.

The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.

The target is not just on illegal immigrants.

The President continues to enjoy enthusiastic support from the over-65 set.

The unemployment rate hit a point unseen since Bill Clinton was President in April, but jobs and wage growth remain tepid at best.

The woman who lost the 2016 election is apparently not going to go away.

We form stereotypes about generational cohorts when they’re very young and then freeze them.

The President has endorsed a bill that would cut legal immigration in half.

A new study shows that Baby Boomers no longer account for the largest segment of voters in the United States.

May’s Jobs Report was mediocre, suggesting that the economy may be stagnating.

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

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.

The economy grew strongly in the third quarter of the year, but it doesn’t seem likely to last.

A good month for job growth in June.

Comments on a pro-Trump (well, sorta) column.

March’s Jobs Report was good, but could be better.

February’s Jobs Report was relatively positive, but there are still shadows hovering over the economy as we head further into the year.

Public support for marijuana legalization continues to rise. As with the marriage equality movement, it’s obvious where this will end, The only question is how long it will take to get there.

The latest Census data show a changing America.

A new poll shows that Americans have moved to the left on a wide variety of social issues.

A new survey shows that Americans are becoming less Christian, and less religious overall.

The jobs market bounced back in April, but that’s about all we can say.

Justice Ginsburg acknowledges the fact that, over the past nineteen years, same-sex marriage has gone from something that most Americans oppose to something that most Americans are willing to accept.

After a disappointing August, the jobs report for September showed the same good numbers we’ve seen for much of 2014.

After several months of good news, the August Jobs Report was quite a disappointment.

Michele Willens wonders, “When Did We Get So Old?”

Some surveys suggest that younger Americans are less patriotic than older generations.

The May Jobs Report was fairly good, and it marks the end of a jobs recession that started six years ago. But things aren’t entirely rosy.

A grim new poll for the President and his Democratic allies.

The Oval Office Address, once a common tool of the Presidency, has been in declining use of late.

The April Jobs Report was good, but not exactly anything to write home about.

America’s Protestants are dying off and being replaced by non-believers.

Annie Lowrey reminds us that our taxes will likely rise in January regardless of who wins the November election.

Wouldn’t it be easier to bury the power lines instead of dealing with storm damage and week-long power outages seemingly every year?

A third of Americans under the age of 30 doubt the existence of God, compared to 14 percent 25 years ago.

The old have most of the money and power in our society, a trend that is accelerating.

Last night’s State Of The Union Address contained another unfortunate example of the prevalence of militaristic rhetoric in domestic politics.