Outside the Beltway

March’s Jobs Report was nothing to write home about.

Conveying military experience to civilian human resources departments is hard.

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.

The Obama administration is promising massive cuts in public-facing services in the face of minuscule “cuts” to the budget.

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

A potentially significant ruling on Separation Of Powers.

The bizarre dynamics of Virginia politics.

Some people on the right apparently want to return to this map.

A mostly positive, but mixed, jobs report drops five days before Election Day

Mayor Bloomberg has decided to hold the New York Marathon Sunday even though millions are still without power and the city infrastructure is unable to cope with normal activity.

The Mid-Atlantic region is under the gun.

All eyes on Northern Virginia.

September’s BLS Report will likely be significant but, behind the numbers, things don’t look all that great.

Newly released statistics indicate that the economy is slowing down and in danger of slipping into a recession.

TSA agents detained a woman for having the audacity to drink her water rather than hand it over for testing.

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

Another bad jobs report threatens to undermine whatever good will the President had coming off the Democratic National Convention.

Entirely unsurprisingly, the shooting at the Family Research Center’s office in Washington, D.C. is already being politicized.

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

An object lesson in bureaucracy and the reason why infrastructure projects aren’t as easy to complete as some think.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

Major metropolitan areas are routinely shut down for presidential fundraisers.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

One part of the Supreme Court’s PPACA ruling has not received a lot of attention, but it has the potential to have a lot of impact in the future.

As gas prices fall, the politics of fuel prices are changing.

The President’s Cabinet is less a Team Of Rivals and more a Team Of Managers.

Another sign this morning that the economic has been slowing, and may be contracting.

It’s another bad jobs report for May, and time once again to wonder how much slower this economy can get.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is seeking to raise money for toll roads through a user tax on their best customers.