Outside the Beltway

Let’s look at the actual proposal.

Talk of passing a balanced budget amendment is nonsense.

As the Republican leadership reaches a deal with President Obama, the biggest stumbling block may be the newest members of their own coalition.

Thomas Ricks makes the case that JFK was the worst President of his century but his argument misses the mark.

It isn’t just President Obama who should be worried about the economy next year.

Everything old is new again.

The House GOP has scheduled a vote next week on a debt ceiling package that is solely designed to mollify the base.

The choice is not between British-style socialized medicine and a free market in health care.

The Obama campaign is stressing that 98 percent of its donations were from little guys contributing $250 or less. But 40 percent of the money came from a handful of major donors.

A majority of Americans want to ban smoking in public; a fifth want to ban it even in private.

The idea that the GOP can block a debt ceiling vote and benefit politically is, quite simply, absurd.

A Mitch McConnell-Harry Reid brokered deal on the debt ceiling looks promising.

How much of an American can you be if you are willing to wreck the economy for political gain.

A Federal Appeals Court says the full body image scanners showing up in airports are Constitutional.

Some things are worth repeating.

Move eases way to providing funding to the rebels.

I’ve been hearing whispers that Michele Bachmann’s husband, Marcus, is gay for a while. It’s now exploding into a full-on meme.

Stephen Bainbridge has a new e-book out about a 25-year-old Delaware Supreme Court case.

Should we assume that a deal will eventually be struck and simply stop paying attention to the debt ceiling debate?