Outside the Beltway

For the moment, the GOP race looks like a race between Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann, which should make Romney happy

The GOP’s debt ceiling stance appears to be making some in business uneasy.

Right now, it’s more prudent for the Federal government to borrow money than to pay cash.

The idea that we can avoid the consequences of failing to raise the debt ceiling is patently absurd.

The participants in the debt negotiations are being led by constituencies that have little interest in compromise.

Based on its history, the debt ceiling law may be the most pointless statute in the entire U.S. Code.

Our fundamental fiscal problem is an unwillingness to deal realistically with costs and benefits.

Jon Huntsman is sharpening his message, pointing to his accomplishments while denigrating those of Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty.

Yes, China’s GDP growth has been impressive for some time now, but it is not the sole way to understand development.

The First Lady is coming under fire for hypocrisy in her meal choices.

A space shuttle lifted off for the last time on Friday, and some people seem to think its the beginning of the end of America.

Do people who take advantage of tax breaks get a “government benefit”?

Of the eight shots in the Sarah Palin cover shoot, all eight feature her in sweatshirts and similar togs. Not exactly presidential.

Byron York had some not unreasonable questions for Susan Feinberg, the woman who confronted Paul Ryan over $350 wine he consumed at a Capitol Hill restaurant. She won’t answer.

It was a largely fruitless weekend in the debt negotiations.

A study shows how a brief blip in payments in 1979 had negative consequences.

It’s still politics as usual in Washington.

The result in the Casey Anthony case is leading, inevitably, to a host of new proposed laws.

Philadelphia’s marijuana decriminalization program has saved the city over $2 million so far.

While unemployment remains stubbornly high, Washington is spending its time fighting over the budget deficit

Tim Pawlenty took aim at Michele Bachmann yesterday but will he keep up the attack?

The White House would really appreciate it if you didn’t pay attention to all that bad economic news.

The White House has apparently rejected using a tortured interpretation of the 14th Amendment to deal with the debt ceiling debate.

Judging by the June jobs report, there’s no economic recovery coming in the near future.

Tim Pawlenty was the first major Republican to enter the 2012 race. He may well be the first to quit. If so, it may take a while to notice.