Outside the Beltway

The housing market has changed over the past five years, and that’s a good thing.

The jobs market has been weak for much longer than just the past two years.

All in all, not looking like it will be a fun summer.

Real Estate prices continue to fall, but where are the buyers? Maybe they’re acting sane this time.

While President Obama has had some amusing gaffes on his trip to London, including getting the year wrong in the guest book and an awkward toast to the Queen, his speech to Parliament today hit all the right notes.

Newt Gingrich says the coming presidential election will be the most important since the Civil War.

Who wants that job? (And is willing to work that hard to get it?)

Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is beginning to more like a real candidate for President. She won’t win, but she will be entertaining.

The American right has become infected with the notion that Barack Obama isn’t just wrong, but evil. That won’t be healthy in the long run.

Part two of the ongoing series blogging Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny.

Time for midterms.

House Republicans want to do away with the increasing number of “czars” in the White House.

Red States should gain 10 seats while Blue States should lose eight.

The battle over the individual mandate is really just nothing more than the latest round in a batter that has been ongoing for 221 years.

Taxpayer “watchdog” groups are urging House Republicans to cut Congressional pay as an act of symbolism. It’s symbolism all right, pointless symbolism.

The race between Jeb Hensarling and Michelle Bachmann for Chair of the House GOP Conference is a microcosm for a battle that is likely to take place within the GOP for the next two years.

David Broder offers up some odd ideas on the relationship between a war with Iran and the economy.

Arnold Schwarzenegger predicts President Obama’s re-election. Historically, that’s the safe bet.

Great news, everybody: The biggest economic calamity since the Great Depression has been over for well over a year.

According to Paul Krugman’s latest column, the massive destruction of World War Two was actually good for the U.S. economy. Sadly, there are people who consider him an expert.

Depending on which papers you read, the British NHS is undergoing minor restructuring, secretly planning major cuts in basic services, or doing nothing of concern.

American businesses are sitting on a big pile of cash, and giving no indication that they have any intention of spending it any time soon.

The Senate’s stonewalling of unemployment benefits extension makes no sense.

So much for the Obama Administration’s “Summer of Recovery.”

Senator Robert Byrd has died at 92, after years of poor health.

Contrary to popular belief, Adolf Hitler didn’t come to power by democratic means or because of his ability to whip the public into a frenzy.

President Obama is following the example of his predecessors in abusing his power to enact his preferred policies. Has he gone too far?