Outside the Beltway

If Jon Kyl’s recent comments are any indication, Republicans haven’t learned their lesson just yet.

There are further signs that the economy will remain anemic through the end of 2010, if not longer.

A Princeton economist has devised a formula for a classic sitcom paradox.

Did LeBron James pick Miami because of income taxes ? Probably not.

President Obama was shocked –SHOCKED! — to learn that bureaucracy and contracting hassles delay construction projects.

A picture is more misleading than a thousand words.

What exactly is it about air conditioning that has some people so upset ?

Two widely-hyped reports have Wall Street firms donating less money to Democrats as payback for financial reform efforts. But a closer look reveals no such thing.

Age-adjusted unemployment is at its worst in more than a quarter century

There are a whole lot of reasons to be concerned about the economy.

So much for the Obama Administration’s “Summer of Recovery.”

The House GOP Leader is proposing that we get serious about Social Security reform.

A lot stands in the way of returning to pre-collapse employment levels in the USA.

President Obama’s powers of persuasion were severely lacking at the G-20 Summit this weekend.

Brilliant, funny TED Talk about the disconnect between cost and effectiveness.

LSU is facing some potential deep cuts in its budget.

The European drive — led by Germany, naturally — to tighten spending to get their fiscal house in order and the Obama administration’s insistence on Keynesian stimulus will make for tense negotiations at the G20 Summit.

The legendary food police are going after Ronald McDonald and his Happy Meals.

If you’re reading this at the office, are you stealing from your boss?

Another poll brings bad news for the White House.

The real estate market is returning to normal after being artificially stimulated by a tax credit.

A group of oceanographers suggest that the oil from the Deepwater Horizon explosion will leave the Gulf in a few months. What happens then?

The House Democrats have just handed the GOP another issue to bash them with in the fall.

China has pledged to allow their currency to fluctuate. Don’t get too excited.

The automobile industry is amoral in accommodation. It goes where invited and stays as long as it is profitable to do so.