Outside the Beltway

A lot more people than expected are likely to be hit by the ObamaCare individual mandate tax penalty than previously thought.

Republicans think they found the smoking gun of the 2012 election. They’re kidding themselves.

Understandably, Republicans are becoming nervous about the way things are going for Team Romney.

Mitt Romney’s campaign schedule has been oddly light recently.

John Scalzi knows that you want to be a better commenter because, “You’re a fine upstanding human being, not some feculent jackass with a keyboard, an internet connection and a blistering sense of personal inferiority that is indistinguishable from common sociopathy.”

In order to win, Mitt Romney needs the support of a large segment of the 47% of the populace he wrote off back in May.

The President’s poll lead has shrunk, but there are still signs of trouble for Mitt Romney.

With Mitt Romney and Barack Obama basically saying the same things about foreign policy, it’s time to take a look at an alternative.

The home of the Wayback Machine now has every major news program since 2009 archived.

It’s still possible for Mitt Romney to win this election, but is it probable?

A Pirate Party leader has been policing illegal downloads of her copyrighted book.

It may not be the one thing that costs him election, but Mitt Romney’s remarks about the “47 percent” are still a problem for his campaign.

So, Mitt Romney opened his mouth again.

Today is the anniversary of a significant turning point in the Civil War.

Contrary to what was believed, it does not appear that there was any protest taking place when the Benghazi Consulate was attacked.

The reported Romney “reboot” doesn’t look very impressive.

The Occupy movement began one year ago today. It’s no surprise that it ended up being a failure.

The Romney campaign infighting is becoming public.

The Romney campaign’s critique of the President’s foreign policy record is weak, and based on bad history.

The White House’s theory of what happened in Benghazi is become less and less credible.

Republican lawmakers are starting to express frustration with the course of the Romney campaign.

Michael Lewis has a long feature in Vanity Fair titled “Obama’s Way,” based on six months with the president.

Seth Mnookin laments a series of embarrassing failures in science writing in recent months but rejoices in the rich dialog that followed.

Apparently, questioning someone who may have violated their probation on the way to contributing to a series of international incidences is a major civil liberties violation.

Capitulating to a mob is never a good idea.