Outside the Beltway

Do fiscal conservatives realize they’re being sold a bill of goods?

Some surprising findings about how America’s undergraduates are paying for their education.

Challenge the ideas of those with whom you disagree, not their patriotism, decency, or integrity.

Technically, you don’t own your digital music files. That means you can’t transfer them to your heirs after you die.

Obama heads into his convention in a good position, but with several potential pitfalls in his path.

John Nagl, who became famous as a leading counterinsurgency theorist and practitioner, is taking on a new challenge: grooming young boys for life.

The front page of Sunday’s NYT profiled Valerie Jarrett, the power behind the throne at the Obama White House.

President Obama says he’s a huge Clint Eastwood fan and wasn’t offended by his performance at the RNC.

Some of the Harvard students accused of cheating are speaking out, and making allegations of their own.

General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a message to Israel last week.

The Obama campaign clearly does not want Americans to consider whether they are better off now than they were four years ago.

So far, there’s very little movement in the polls for Governor Romney.

“Growing up in California, it was illegal for Asians to marry whites. How times have changed. I married a white DUDE.”

A rather egregious case of misplaced priorities in Texas.

In a radio interview last week, Paul Ryan claimed to have run a sub-3 hour marathon. He did no such thing.

A new IAEA report may make an Israeli strike on Iran in the near future more likely than it has ever been.

My latest for The Atlantic, “Stop Feeling Sorry for American Veterans, has posted.

Mitt Romney left one crucial piece out of his speech last night.

Not surprisingly, Romney campaigns staffers don’t seem to want to take responsibility for Clint Eastwood’s performance last night.

A clear victory for the Obama campaign in an Ohio Court, but will it stand on appeal?

The GOP (and our politics in general) will not be healed until there is an honest assessment of what government is (and is not).

Harvard has announced the discovery of what one official calls an “unprecedented” cheating scandal.

I give it a C+/B- (adequate, passing, nothing exceptional).

Mitt Romney’s speech last night was the best he’s ever given, but it’s impact may have been undercut but several odd production decisions that preceded it.

After three days of buildup to a “mystery speaker,” the closing night of the Republican convention featured a rambling performance by Clint Eastwood and an empty chair.

The real story of Bain Capital is impressive. Mitt Romney chose instead to present an origin story that’s utter horseshit.