Outside the Beltway

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

The rat race of becoming a physician and maintaining one’s license is more intense than popularly understood.

Yet another thing driving Americans apart.

Understanding Moral Disagreements

An opportunity for unity and a restoration of normal order.

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

The legendary Georgetown basketball coach is gone.

Telecommuting has taken a bite out of an industry built on commuting.

A shocking and yet completely unsurprising development.

Contrary to some expectations, Americans are logging three extra hours of work a day.

Social distancing is helping but too many aren’t taking it seriously enough.

President Trump says he’s thinking about commuting the sentenced of Rod Blagojevich, who has served seven years of the fourteen-year sentence he received for public corruption.

The city by the Bay is rapidly transforming. Should we lament that?

It’s that time of year again, and once again people are asking if it isn’t time to drop the whole ritual of changing time every six months altogether.

President Trump has issued another controversial pardon.

Friday’s eight-hour shutdown was not the non-event it seemed from the outside.

One of the oddities of military culture is the constan

A potentially controversial commutation from President Obama today.

As longtime OTB readers may have noticed, I’m not writing much these days.

Virginia Democrats tried to capture control of the Virginia State Senate by, in part, emphasizing gun control issues. The fact that they failed is instructive.

Low costs and regulatory barriers are attracting people to red states–thus turning them purple and blue.

A good first step, but there’s a lot more than needs to be done to reform the criminal justice system.

In a new survey, Americans cite politics and the news as the biggest sources of stress in their lives.

The era of the electric car isn’t likely to arrive for a long time, if ever.

Daylight Savings Time ends early on Sunday. Perhaps it should never return.

The under-35 set are buying cars at a lower rate than they used to.

About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer and nearly 600,000 have “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles.

Separate, it turns out, is not equal.

Americans waste $121 billion a year because of traffic congestion.

Christiane Amanpour, who’s losing audience share for ABC’s “This Week” Sunday show, may be on her way back to CNN.

The home mortgage interest deduction benefits Democrat-voting states most! Is the fix in?

Once the province of science fiction, a car that can drive itself is now a reality, thanks to Google and DARPA. The implications are mind boggling.

The Tea Party is coming to Washington, D.C. on Saturday for a Glenn Beck rally and one travel guide is warning them to stay away from certain parts of the city. Subtle racism ? No, it’s common sense.

Free parking is a very inefficient use of land resources that wouldn’t exist without government mandates and subsidies. Is it time to end the practice?

Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was one of nine people on board a plane that crashed in a remote area of Alaska overnight.

WaPo’s Breaking News Blog highlights a story that is, well, hardly breaking news: inconsiderate people on the DC subway.

Parenting is hard work and kids are a giant pain. Is it worth it?