Outside the Beltway

The Obama campaign is challenging an Ohio law that gives members of the military three extra days to vote. They have a very persuasive argument.

The White House and the Pentagon are buildings, not unitary actors.

The United States Congress can still work together to pander before election season.

Whether the reports are actually right—and they usually aren’t—voters are nonetheless going to treat them as if they are.

July’s Jobs Report was better than what we’ve seen the last few months, but it’s still not very good.

Marco Rubio wants to prevent these young women, and other Olympic medal winners, from paying taxes. It’s a dumb idea.

Nate Jones asks, “What if every Olympic sport was photographed like beach volleyball?”

Publishing unsubstantiated rumor is not journalism.

While women are more visible at the 2012 Olympics than any past games, there are still cries of “sexism.”

Three new polls show President Obama leading in three key battleground states.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

Romney’s foreign tour didn’t go quite as well as planned, but it’s unclear how much the minor gaffes will actually matter.

Since Israel’s system is far more “socialist” by American rhetorical standards, I am not sure what his point was.

Mitt Romney faces an uphill battle in trying to get to that magic number of 270 Electoral Votes.

Neither Romney nor Obama are running on policy; rather, they’re trying to persuade people the other guy would be even worse.

Mitt Romney is no more of a wimp than George H.W. Bush or John Kerry.

The President’s former Budget Director joins the ranks of those calling for Postal privatization.

Who should bear the cost of extra policing for candidate events?

..because apparently we can apply a modern definition of “arms” to the constitution, but not modern understandings of the word “citizens.”

The fact that someone disagrees with you doesn’t mean they’re evil