Outside the Beltway

There’s little benefit, and much cost, to moving our clocks back and forth every six months. So why do we do it?

Another good monthly jobs report

Megan McArdle is taking a break of unspecified length from blogging to “work on another project.” Said project, she hastens to add, is not a baby.

Newspapers are still finding it hard to live in the Internet Age.

GM’s big gamble on the future, the Chevy Volt, isn’t yet paying off.

Romney eked out a win in the Michigan primary. He’s going to have a harder time there in November.

The Obama Administration introduced a corporate tax reform plan that doesn’t go nearly far enough.

Prices are rising at the pump, and the candidates for President are starting to notice.

China’s government may be more “efficient,” but it’s hardly a model for the rest of the world.

Rising prices at the pump could lead to problems at the voting booth.

We may have to deal with the debt ceiling again before the November elections.

Contrary to myth, the USA is still a major manufacturing power. But the factory has changed radically.

Was Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad a political message, or just a well done commercial?

Trying to open a new business can be a massive and costly headache.

The January jobs report was the best we’ve seen in more than three years.

In the 1980s, Americans were bowling alone. Now, we’re living that way.

The latest projections from Congressional Budget Office are sobering to say the least.

Employees of the US Federal Government earn substantially more in salary and benefits than their private sector comparables.

Lucy Kellaway figures the best thing we middle agers can do for the young is to get the hell out of their way.

Censorship or sound business practice?

On it’s own, the so-called “Buffett Rule” is unlikely to do much to reduce the deficit.

Another weak GDP report that portends stagnation ahead.

Have Americans divided themselves into what are becoming increasingly different cultures?

The reaction to the release of Mitt Romney’s tax returns is about what you’d expect.

It’s not just low wages that have kept technology manufacturing jobs out of the United States.

The combined value of Apple’s stock is more than the GDP of some countries.

The Obama Administration has halted, for the moment, a pipeline project that has become a political football.

Wikipedia’s English language site will be offline for 24 hours tomorrow to protest two controversial online piracy bills.

Are their cultural reasons for America’s obesity problem?

Higher gas prices in the spring could have an impact on the economy, and the election.

A Washington Post fact check calls this “true but false.”

Mitt Romney is taking heat for his role at Bain Capital. He shouldn’t.

Some initial data released today points to the possibility of a very position jobs report tomorrow, but don’t hold your breath.

Congress eliminates a bad subsidy, but it’s only because there’s a worse one on the books.

Could traders soon be betting on the outcome of the Presidential elections? Should they be?

The United States tops the world in giving money, volunteering time, and helping strangers.

Where is the economy headed? The signals are mixed at best.

Welcome technological change, or crony capitalism?