Outside the Beltway

Do American courts throw people in jail for failing to pay their debts? No, they don’t.

A new set of proposed Constitutional Amendments reveals that many people still don’t understand what Citizens United was about.

Conservative groups are upset because a new reality show depicts Muslim-Americans as, well, normal Americans.

Paul Krugman’s latest column, “Depression and Democracy,” is simply bizarre.

The Postal Service announced another round of service cutbacks today that are likely to just make the rapidity of its decline increase

Some good news in the November jobs report, but not very much of it.

Guess who got advance warning of government actions on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis?

You’d think that in today’s world employers wouldn’t have trouble finding qualified employees. You’d be wrong.

Can we credibly blame the CRA, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, and the like for the mortgage crisis?

Life, it turns out, isn’t fair.

Despite our rather obvious problems, we’re in great shape compared to the rest of the developed world and, especially, to even our fairly recent ancestors.

“The debt crisis is burrowing ever deeper, like a worm, and is now reaching Germany.”

Will we wind up with a backdoor mandate? Or a single payer system?

Chelsea Clinton’s hiring as an NBC personality is another hit for the meritocracy myth.

Congressmen apparently regularly make investment moves based on the information they learn. Of course, for them it isn’t illegal.

Last night, most of the leading Republican candidates for President acted as if Europe was on another planet.

It was clear from the start that “Cash For Clunkers” was a bad idea.

Apparently, the Federal Government believes it necessary to remind you that you can buy Christmas Trees.

A dwindling proportion of students are majoring in STEM fields. They’re likely making the wise choice.

The popular program was even less successful than we initially thought.

If you thought Niall Ferguson was an insufferable git in print, just wait

Barry Ritholtz lists a dozen causes of the financial crisis.

Federal government workers make less than their private sector counterparts, a new study compiled by federal workers reveals.

When the CFTC wanted to change a rule, Jon Corzine used his influence to stop them.

Another month, another jobs report that makes you go “meh.”