Outside the Beltway

The debt talks in Congress are moribund now, and both sides are working on their own versions of a plan, again.

The problem at the moment is not the lack of a Democratic plan.

The two Minnesotans in the Presidential race are starting to trade barbs.

Some on the left are upset with the President, but does it really matter?

It hasn’t been a very productive weekend in Washington, D.C.

If a crisis over the national debt is averted, Oklahoma’s Tom Coburn may be the unlikely hero.

Cornel West is a bright and accomplished man. He has his PhD from Princeton and has inspired bidding wars between prestigious universities for his services. But, man, he’s out there.

A legendary American soldier, General John Shalikashvili, has died.

The House GOP’s proposed Balanced Budget Amendment contains the seeds of its own utter worthlessness.

Chris Christie and Rahm Emanuel are being criticized for the brusque manner they handled questions about their children’s education.

On paper, the U.S. lost $1.3 billion on the Chrysler bankruptcy, but the true cost is far higher than that.

On reflection, Al Franken was right.

The death toll in Norway’s deadliest day of terrorism is up to 91. The man behind it, 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik, is a frequent poster of anti-Muslim screeds on Christian fundamentalist websites.

I never would have negotiated in the first place.

Even if we adopt the “Cut, Cap and Balance” plan, tax hikes are a necessity.

It wasn’t a good day for the debt ceiling negotiations.

Borders Books is closing, because the free market works.

He’s not in the race (yet), but Rick Perry is already a top-tier 2012 candidate.

A bomb blast in Oslo’s government center has killed at least two people and a presumably related shooting spree at a nearby children’s camp are being investigated as terrorist related.

It’s very easy to create a “balanced budget” when you cook the books.

Does a family court have the authority to tell a parent to delete a blog critical of his ex-wife?

Are the new crop of GOP governors too conservative?

A new Tim Pawlenty television ad is raising copyright issues rather than, as intended, bringing back memories of the 80s.

The ban on gays openly serving in the military will end in September, nine months after President Obama signed the repeal into law.

Workers picketing a Chicago Hyatt hotel yesterday got an unpleasant surprise: Heat lamps.

A social conservative attempts to argue that same-sex marriage is a threat to liberty, and fails miserably.

Daniel Indiviglio makes “The Case for Making Wages Public: Better Pay, Better Workers.”

Reports of the death of the space program are greatly exaggerated.

President Obama is polling at 46.8 percent, below the level needed to win re-election.