Outside the Beltway

What happened in 1970 to decouple wages and productivity?

Some interesting developments in Pyongyang.

Carbon emissions in the U.S. have declined just as use of natural gas in electricity production has increased. That’s no coincidence.

Two liberal columnists say a recent Mitt Romney ad proves he’s out of touch—and implies that he’s running a racist stealth campaign.

Once again, the usual suspects are exploiting tragedy for political purposes.

Restaurant chain Chick-fil-A is facing criticism after its President’s comments on same-sex marriage.

Alex Pareene’s quip that “Aaron Sorkin is why people hate liberals” has gone viral.

Farhad Manjoo is trying the demo version of Microsoft Word 2013—which he likes—but notices something out of place.

Terror erupted in a Colorado movie theater early this morning.

In a stunning reversal of policy, DOD is allowing soldiers to march in a gay pride parade in uniform.

Most of the most popular superheroes in American comics are orphans. Coincidence or something else?

Mitt Romney has had a rough two weeks, but Barack Obama has to deal with a bad economy.

President Obama set off a firestorm by claiming business owners didn’t build “that.”

Stephen Green projects the best case and minimal winning scenarios for Obama and Romney.

For some reason, George Zimmerman sat down for an hour-long interview last night.

CFR’s Laurie Garrett has a piece in The Atlantic headlined “Good Job, CIA: Your Pakistan Vaccine Plot Helped Bring Polio Back From the Brink of Eradication.”

Rob Tornoe has revised his Joe Paterno-Bear Bryant cartoon in light of the Freeh Report.

Michele Bachmann and several other Members of Congress are engaging in the despicable tactics of Joe McCarthy.

Antonin Scalia says “The only question in Bush v. Gore was whether the presidency would be decided by the Florida Supreme Court or the United States Supreme Court.”

Antonin Scalia says Supreme Court justices have a collegial relationship and make decisions based on legal philosophy, not politics.

Provisions in the Affordable Care Act may cause the entire statutory scheme to collapse.

Virginia could be the state that decides who controls the United States Government.

The Romney campaign has apparently decided to be more aggressive in its attacks on the President, which poses serious risks for the campaign.

Several key members of the Syrian government were killed in a suicide bomb attack today in Damascus.

Nick Cohen dubs this year’s London Games the “Censorship Olympics.” Had he called them the “London Censorship Olympics,” the “2012 Censorship Olympics,” or titled the piece “Censorship Takes London Gold” he might have faced civil or criminal penalties.

Romney says “We’re the party of people who want to get rich.”

While the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United has been blamed for the massive increase in money in this year’s campaign, it really wasn’t the culprit.

Another poll demonstrates the serious problems that the GOP has with Latino voters.

Rush Limbaugh made perhaps one of the dumber comments I’ve seen from the right about the entire Bain Capital story, and managed to display an apparent inability to use Google to look things up.

Jeopardy phenom Ken Jennings contends Mount Everest isn’t really Earth’s highest peak.

By failing to respond adequately, Mitt Romney is letting his opponent define him for the voters. That could hurt him greatly in November.

The people trying to undo the Defense Budget sequestration cuts are making some pretty weak arguments.

“The average Canadian has quietly become richer than the average American,” claims a pro-Canada organization.