Outside the Beltway

A top IRS official will reportedly invoke her 5th Amendment rights rather than testify before Congress tomorrow.

The Virginia GOP’s nominee for Lt. Governor could pose a problem for the party.

The Moore, Oklahoma neighborhood as it was before the tornado.

Senior DOJ officials from the previous three administrations back the Obama DOJ’s controversial subpoenaing of AP conversations.

Christine Fox, the real-life inspiration for Charlie of “Top Gun,” and the casual sexism of 1985.

After many attempts to manufacture grand scandals out of very little, Republicans may finally have a legitimate outrage on their hands.

President Obama delivered another powerful speech on race.

Fifty years after Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent, Everest is crowded with guided tours and littered with the corpses of inexperienced climbers.

Michael Kinsley contends “Being against marriage equality doesn’t make you a monster.”

Social scientists take note: the press has gotten bored with Syria, so your data are no longer reliable.

A San Francisco bacon restaurant smells like bacon. Thankfully, a compromise has been reached.

Native speakers instinctively notice syntactical errors, but not ordinary “grammar errors.”

Homicide rates are on pace to be lower than they were at the start of the 20th Century.

Tuition goes up as state funding goes down.

The economics of higher education is increasing the gap between rich and poor.

Just how serious was the leak that the Associated Press reported on last May?

The OTB Reader Survey posted a week ago today generated a solid discussion.

Almost no one can confidently explain, let alone define, the specifics of the 501(c)4 designation.

What is the appropriate response to someone who’s acting like a jerk?

My latest for The National Interest, “Kenneth Waltz’s Crucial Logic,” has posted.

The French economy has drifted into recession for the second time in four years.

Google is taking PayPal and Bitcoin on head on. They’re likely to win.

Popular Science is keeping the recent surge of stories on electric vehicles going with “8 Things You Should Know About Electric Cars.”

President Obama faces some perilous times ahead now that his Administration is under fire.

A generation of kids with massive student loans and no prospects is bad news for the status quo.