Outside the Beltway

Gross Domestic Product grew at a sluggish 1.5% in the just-concluded Third Quarter, calling the Federal Reserve’s apparent plan to raise interest rates at some point even further into question.

A political earthquake north of the border.

The August Jobs Report was positive, but weak, calling into question the Federal Reserve’s apparent plan to raise interest rates this month.

The July Jobs Report indicates that while the economy is growing, it is not growing very much. This seems to call the Federal Reserve’s interest rate plans into question.

The economy contracted in the first quarter of 2015, and that suggests the rest of the year isn’t going to be very good either.

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry is going to be looking for that elusive second act in American politics.

Possibly big news out of Canada

Economic growth slowed significantly in the first three months of 2015, but it’s not clear what that means going forward.

A big change in an important nation in the most volatile part of the world.

ISIS owns more territory than it did when the US bombing campaign began.

The price of oil is continuing to fall, but it won’t last forever.

December’s jobs growth numbers were very good, but the numbers below the headlines show that there’s still work to be done.

For a year that started out with regaining long-lost territory in Ukraine, 2014 is not ending so well for Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Russia’s own government is projecting that its economy will slip into recession next year. How that will impact Putin’s current belligerence remains to be seen.

Vladimir Putin’s reception at the G-20 Summit in Australia has been less than warm thanks to recent events in Ukraine.

Another mostly good, but not great, jobs report.

Quietly, oil prices have been falling for months now. That’s potentially a very big deal.

Will this new Australian oil discovery shake up world politics?

Relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia seem to have soured in recent years.

The world oil markets aren’t too far away from being hit by the shock of massively increased demand from China. Somehow, we’ll have to adapt.

Because some things are worth reinforcing.

In another sign that things may not be going so well between Washington and Jerusalem, President Obama will not be meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu when he’s in the United States.

An attack on Iran’s nuclear program would be far more complicated than a one-off attack.

A new IAEA report may make an Israeli strike on Iran in the near future more likely than it has ever been.

Though still just a Tropical Storm, Isaac has the potential to be as dangerous as Hurricane Katrina.

The most recent round of national polling seems to show that the negative attacks on Romney are having an impact.

The combination of falling oil prices and increased exports has the US trade deficit at its lowest point since December 2010.

Carbon emissions in the U.S. have declined just as use of natural gas in electricity production has increased. That’s no coincidence.

Gas prices are falling nationwide but that’s mostly because the economy kind of stinks.

Mitt Romney believes he could take America to war without Congressional involvement.

How would modern Republicans treat Ronald Reagan and his Vice-President?

A spate of bad economic news foretells a shift in the campaign for President.

There may be only one solution to saving the Euro.

Once again, those predictions of $5.00 gas may have been much ado about nothing.

There’s a big hole in the latest sanctions against Iran.

No, the Obama Administration is not plotting to nationalize the economy in the name of some “national emergency.”

The cause of the pain you’re feeling at the pump has little to do with domestic energy policy.

Rising fuel prices are starting to hurt the President in the polls, but it’s unclear what that means for November.

Another good monthly jobs report

This is one of the most draw-droppingly stupid 29 seconds I have experienced in some time.

Prices are rising at the pump, and the candidates for President are starting to notice.