Outside the Beltway

…and the perceptions thereof.

It’s becoming just another day off work!

Get me higher than the grocery bill.

Here we go again.

Where do we draw the line?

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

Apparently, more expensive versions of products are often better.

There are too many products chasing too few consumers.

As Democrats gain college-educated voters, they’re losing Hispanics and men.

The CPI has hit yet another four-decade high.

The longstanding celebration that become a national holiday last year is being exploited for profit!

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

People failing to treat emergencies as emergencies make matters worse.

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

“The Closer” delivers more of what people love and hate about the GOAT.

Why products are still hard to find and prices are so high.

It’s time for our political leaders to grow a spine.

The new CDC guidelines raise some serious questions.

Are we thinking about job training all wrong?

He probably lacks the legal authority. And business interests in is state will fight hard against him.

We were much slower and have higher non-conformity than countries that have it under control.

Apparently, we’re not supposed to drink the stuff.

The Commonwealth is the first state in the nation to issue regulations.

We’re a long, long way from normal.

The bad news keeps on coming.

Lindsey Graham faces a potentially interesting challenge in his 2020 re-election bid.

Bernie Sanders has slipped in the polls but retains his ability to raise money.

At last week’s debate, Beto O’Rourke handed Republicans and gun rights advocates a nicely wrapped gift with his claim that he would seize guns from otherwise law-abiding Americans.

President Trump’s newest tariffs went into effect over the weekend. They’re going to hurt.

In the wake of the back-to-back shootings in Texas and Ohio, a new poll shows increased support for some gun control measures. But we’ve been here before.

On a day that called for national unity and empathy, President Trump couldn’t help but revert to form.

The new round of tariffs on Chinese made goods that the President announced late last week will have a particularly severe impact on consumers and retailers.

Another day, another mass shooting and, as is becoming all too common in this country, this one appears to have been racially motivated.

President Trump has named his pick for Labor Secretary.

Most of us define ourselves largely through our jobs. That’s increasingly a problem.

The Trump Administration is proposing another round of tariffs on even more Chinese goods.

Bernie is back and running for President, but he’s likely to face a tougher road this time around.

In both cases, appeals to emotion are not diminished by disregard for accuracy.

Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has made several mistakes since Election Day, but she’s likely to win tomorrow’s runoff election.

Congressman Steve King’s anti-immigrant, xenophobic rhetoric hasn’t bothered his constituents for twenty years, but he suddenly finds himself the focus of controversy and possibly vulnerable. It couldn’t happen to a more well-deserving guy.

Jobs Growth in October exceeded expectations, as did wage growth. It’s unclear, though, how long these numbers can be sustained.

After nearly a year, Trump’s trade policies are having their inevitable negative impact inside the United States.

Once the iconic American retail store, Sears now faces the possibility that it may end up fading into history.

A once iconic American retailer appears to be on its last legs.

Amazon has joined Apple to become the second American corporation to reach $1,000,000,000,000 in market valuation.

An Oregon state agency is suggesting that Walmart’s decision to restrict arms sales to bar people under 21, but over 18, from being able to purchase firearms violates state law.

President Trump continues his unhinged, and unsupported by facts, war on Amazon and its owner Jeff Bezos by pressuring an independent agency to raise shipping rates.

Travis Reinking shot four people dead in Nashville over the weekend with a gun that he wasn’t supposed to have access to. Thanks to what seem to be loopholes in existing gun laws, he had one anyway.

The next time you sign a credit card receipt could be the last.