Outside the Beltway

About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer and nearly 600,000 have “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles.

Jim Valvano’s famous ESPYs speech was 20 years ago today.

The gambling mogul is self-reporting violations of the law against bribing foreign officials.

A baby born with AIDS eighteen months ago has reportedly been cured.

The anti-communist icon is once again in hot water for making idiotic comments.

Google’s Sergey Brin says swiping a phone feels silly, so we should wear dorky goggles around all day.

Our eggheads isn’t as smart as they thinks.

A bit of musing on parties, elections, and governance,

So, the PowerLine gang experimented with an annoying pre-load survey widget to boost revenue. A certain mustachioed Austrian is not amused.

Bullheadedness is a virtue?

Institutional dynamics in the US constitutional system are the key to undertstanding our current predicament.

Ralph Macchio is 51, the same age as Pat Morita was when “The Karate Kid” hit theaters in 1984.

The regime we fought for in Iraq is now aiding the regime we’re fighting against (at least by proxy) in Syria.

Do we ask too much of our leaders?

Bonnie Franklin, star of “One Day At a Time,” has died from pancreatic cancer at 69.

The post-Newtown momentum for gun control has slowed significantly.

The government of Malaysia paid a lot of money to get some blogs placed at various outlets.

The Obama Administration has weighed in on the Supreme Court’s other high profile same-sex marriage case.

Virginia’s Governor’s race may be about to get very interesting.

Separate, it turns out, is not equal.

So, whoever approves cover art at Bloomberg BusinessWeek thought this was a good idea.

Once again, politicians in Washington are engaging in irrelevant partisan battles rather than trying to solve the nation’s problems.

Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to 10 charges stemming from turning classified documents over to WikiLeaks.

In “‘I Urge You to Drop E67-02’: Course Syllabi by Famous Authors,” Emily Temple collects actual syllabi for college literature courses taught by David Foster Wallace, Katie Roiphe, Zadie Smith, and others.

Bob Woodward once again has Washington abuzz with a White House scoop. This one is BS.

The GOP’s public image continues to be bad and there seems to be little sign that they’re doing anything to change that.

Coffee makes you smarter, burns fat, and is good for your liver.

The Hagel confirmation, like Obama’s election, was big news to some avid news consumers.