Outside the Beltway

Our tax system is so complicated that whether we’re filing our returns correctly is a known unknown.

Ezra Klein has put out a teaser of the project that he left WaPo to pursue.

On the day that news broke that Ezra Klein and Wonkblog are leaving the Washington Post, the Volokh Conspiracy made its debut there.

Wonkblog’s founder is leaving the Washington Post to start a new media outlet of his own.

Blogging has changed much over the last decade, and not all for the good.

Once again, the Administration has unilaterally changed the Affordable Care Act.

It wasn’t a Thermonuclear move, more like something the size of Hiroshima, but today the Senate took an historic move nonetheless.

A contrite President Obama offered a “fix” for one of the biggest problems that the PPACA has created.

With just over two weeks today, rumors are starting to float out that the efforts to fix the Federal Exchange website may not be done in time.

President Obama has apologized for breaking his “If you like your plan, you can keep it” pledge. Does he have anything to be sorry about?

The GOP’s shutdown was about as pointless as a show about waiting for a table in a Chinese restaurant.

Would you trust the men and women in this building?

Recent anti-corruption measures have contributed to making American government worse.

Speaker Boehner told his caucus members that he will not allow a default over the debt ceiling but don’t look for a change in strategy.

Unfortunately, our immigration debate is just plain dumb.

Apparently, there was a culture clash at the Grey Lady.

Once again, the threat of the “nuclear option” appears to have had less megatonnage than some expected and others hoped.

Despite yesterday’s tragic events in San Francisco, flying by plane remains the safest way to travel.

Chief Justice Roberts is the only person who gets to say who sits on the FISA Court.

On a slow news day, a major concession on Obamacare

A new Congressional Budget Office report finds real economic benefits from immigration reform.

Ezra Klein has a really smart piece titled “How Van Halen explains Obamacare, salmon regulation and scientific grants.”

There’s bipartisan agreement on Capitol Hill that they don’t want to participate in ObamaCare.

Airport delays are the latest example of targeting sequestration cuts where the taxpayer will feel them most.

The Chinese are hacking Washington institutions to unearth the secret plan under which the town operates.

Ezra Klein argues that the voters already decided how the sequestration fight should play out.

How he went from Juicebox Mafia member to the most important young journalist in DC.

January’s Jobs Report wasn’t much to write home about

Once again, the filibuster survives. Nobody should be surprised.

The White House has shot down an idea that never deserved to be taken seriously.

Automatic tax hikes and spending cuts took effect at midnight. A deal involving the executive and half of the legislative branch could largely reverse them.

For the New Year, how about challenging your ideas just a little bit?

Alex Pareene’s annual hack list omits an obvious candidate: Alex Pareene.

Last night’s defeat of “Plan B” demonstrated yet again that John Boehner does not really control his caucus.

The Internet is a weird place.

Will the massacre of twenty children in a Connecticut elementary school mark a turning point in America’s gun culture? Don’t count on it.

A outline of a deal both sides could live with.

With just about a month to go before we hit the “Fiscal Cliff.” things don’t look good at all.

Once again, Senate Democrats are talking about filibuster reform, but will they actually follow through?

Does it make sense to divide the Presidential debates between “domestic policy” and “foreign policy?” Yes, and no.