Outside the Beltway

Perhaps we should take a pass on trying to reach a deal on resolving issues propelling us toward the Fiscal Cliff.

Whenever a Republican mentions the ‘Bush tax cuts,’ they should also talk about going back to the ‘Clinton tax rates.’

A photograph of a New York cop putting boots on a homeless man went viral. The man remains bootless, however.

The new psychiatric diagnostic manual does away with some common ailments and adds some new ones.

Vilifying Thomas Jefferson is as much as mistake as placing him on a pedestal.

In a NYT op-ed titled “The Monster of Monticello” Paul Finkelman expresses his befuddlement that people play down Thomas Jefferson’s legacy as a slave owner.

Ronald Reagan won the tax fight. The debate now centers on whether to continue cutting taxes or slightly reverse the trend.

Harvard’s pet conservative offers a critique of the Democratic Party that reads like something from the OTB comments section.

One of West Point’s first female graduates has married her long-time girlfriend at the Cadet Chapel.

In “Eyes on the Prize,” Chuck Culpepper looks at Saban’s first season as a head coach, with Toledo, way back in 1989-90. It seems that Nick Saban has been Nick Saban for a very long time.

Jovan Belcher, a linebacker with the Kansas City Chiefs, this morning murdered the mother of their 3-month-old baby before killing himself.

US military drones are crashing at civilian airports around the world.

Conservatives seem to be viewing the Fiscal Cliff through rose-colored glasses.

Ron Fournier details how Bill Clinton and George W. Bush taught him how to understand his son, Tyler, who has Asperger’s syndrome.

NPR’s Julie Rovner makes a novel argument: Raising the Medicare eligibility age would actually increase the cost of Medicare.

With just about a month to go before we hit the “Fiscal Cliff.” things don’t look good at all.

Once again, there are proposals to eliminate the Dollar Bill. It’s a good idea, which is why it’s not likely to go anywhere.

The best single means of becoming such an economic winner is to gain admission to a top university

There aren’t enough readers who want political reporting that’s “more substantive than POLITICO and much more sophisticated than C.Q.” and willing to pay for it.

Thinking can be an uncomfortable exercise.

At this moment, Chris Christie is the most popular Governor in the country.