Outside the Beltway

We need to remember who actually sets the budget and, further, who is ultimtately responsible for the behavior of politicians.

Knowing his downfall was imminent, the former Egyptian dictator moved vast wealth out of rich of Western governments.

President Obama is telling business they have a social responsibility to invest in America. He’s wrong.

The January jobs report is, in a word, disappointing.

While illegal immigration in the United States remains enormous, it has dropped considerably over the last three years.

The events in Egypt have led some to ask if the mere act of cutting off access to the Internet is, in itself, an human rights violation.

It is always easier to compromise on more spending and less taxes.

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

What happened to the 15 million jobs that were supposed to be created in the past 10 years but weren’t?

Time for midterms.

There is a problem with political rhetoric in this country, but telling people to be nicer to each other isn’t going to cool it down.

Some members of Congress sleep in their offices in lieu of renting residences in DC. Fiscally responsible or kinda odd?

We’re producing more PhDs and JDs than there are full time openings for professors and lawyers.

President Obama’s comments about the “relatively modest pay” earned by Robert Gibbs and other high level government workers may be a bit tone deaf. But they’re right.

If Democrats had been this effective the previous two years, would they have lost as badly in November?

There’s plenty of good news for Barack Obama in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Are Marco Rubio, Haley Barbour, and Mike Huckabee the favorites to win the White House?

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and, when it comes to the debate over the extension of the Bush tax cuts, anti-tax Republicans are making common cause with soak-the-rich progressives.

Several smart center-left commentators argue that President Obama is not triangulating. At least one argues there’s no such thing.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he isn’t running for President, but he’s sure acting like a guy who’s at least thinking about it.

The pending compromise between the two parties on taxes and other policies underscores the fact that enhanced minority power (in this case, the filibuster power) helps contribute to fiscal irresponsibility.

As things stand right now, the dynamics don’t look good for President Obama in 2012

Amid signs that Democrats in Congress might rebel against the tax cut deal he struck with Republicans, President Obama took to the airwaves today to defend it at the same time that his base is rebelling against it.

President Obama is already taking heat from the left for his compromise on tax cut extensions, but will it actually hurt him in the end?

The unemployed are predominately poorly educated non-voters. Some argue that they are therefore getting far too little attention from the political class.

President Obama and the GOP have reached a deal on extending the Bush tax cuts that gives the GOP virtually everything it wanted.

Republican maneuvering to extend the Bush tax cuts for all Americans appears about to pay off.

The Senate rejected an effort to limit the extension of the Bush tax cuts based on income level. At this point, the only question is when Democrats will concede defeat on this debate.

Unemployment rose to 9.8% from 9.6% in November.

President Obama’s plan to free federal employee pay is getting praised by Republicans but is wildly unpopular among progressive activists.