Outside the Beltway

Examining a history that might have been.

Doug Saunders makes the counterintuitive claim that things are better for Britons than ever.

“Vertigo” has ended “the 50-year reign” of “Citizen Kane,” which has dropped to second place.

There are signs that the economy is slowing down so quickly that we may inevitably drift into recession.

Nicholas Kristoff figures that, if we can’t ban guns, we can at least make them safer.

Major metropolitan areas are routinely shut down for presidential fundraisers.

Have Americans taken casual wear at the office too far? Most Americans seem to think so.

One gender gap, at least, is narrowing: American men are starting to worry about the size of their butts.

Because of a culture where being first is more important than being right, ABC News made a few mistakes in its Friday morning coverage of the Colorado shootings.

What happened in 1970 to decouple wages and productivity?

Alex Pareene’s quip that “Aaron Sorkin is why people hate liberals” has gone viral.

Terror erupted in a Colorado movie theater early this morning.

Microsoft sold its cable stake in MSNBC years ago; now, it’s ending ties with the MSNBC.com website, too.

The Bush tax cuts were much more progressive than you probably think.

There are some glaring omissions from a recent list of television’s “most powerful” moments.

We’ve reached a point where our wonder at modern technology fades almost instantaneously and is replaced by annoyance that our technology isn’t better

Stephen Bainbridge argues that corporate governance regulation in the wake of scandals and bubbles is almost uniformly bad.

Lies and misrepresentations in politics seem to be something the American people have come to, if not accept, at least expect.

Four years after the financial crisis tanked the global economy, bankers still put their interests above those of their customers, even to the extent of skirting the law.

Scientists have made a major step toward unlocking one of the biggest mysteries of particle physics

So, we’re safe from that broccoli mandate, right?

Byron York reacts to a CNNMoney story titled “Government wants more people on food stamps” by snarking, “And Democrats reacted angrily when Gingrich called Obama ‘food stamp president.'”

Marrying Prince William gave Kate Middleton fame, fortune, and a path to being the queen of England. Also, apparently, constant humiliation.

Following yesterday’s shoot-down of a Turkish F-5 by Syria has once again raised the specter of NATO action under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. It’s not going to happen.

David Chan has eaten at more than 6000 Chinese restaurants. He says the best are all in California and most opened in the last decade.

Gas prices are falling nationwide but that’s mostly because the economy kind of stinks.

Will winning a championship finally overshadown “The Decision” and erase the NBA’s best player’s reputation as a choke artist?

Another round of economic statistics suggests that we’re unlikely to see any real improvement between now and Election Day.

A grand jury found that beating a child molester to death is an authorized use of deadly force.

Few people earn a million dollars in a year. Fewer still do it more than once.

A third of Americans under the age of 30 doubt the existence of God, compared to 14 percent 25 years ago.

Chuck Shumer wants to force airlines to let families sit together for free.

Jonathan Chait makes an astute observation about the media’s role in meme generation.

Jennifer Rubin accuses Colin Powell of political opportunism for hedging on whether to renew his endorsement of Barack Obama.

The Atlantic Council honored UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Britain’s Prince Harry, Unilever CEO and philanthropist Paul Polman, the enlisted men and women of the United States Armed Forces, and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.

The price of a DC cab ride went up big time recently and neither riders nor cabbies are happy.