Outside the Beltway

Detroit is bankrupt, but that isn’t stopping the Red Wings from getting $400 million in taxpayer subsidies for their new stadium.

Just as the auto industry has, painfully, had to learn to adapt to a new world, the city will as well even if that means becoming a shadow of its former self.

In a move that was perhaps inevitable, the City of Detroit has filed for Bankruptcy Court protection.

Don’t blame “secret courts” for the government’s expanded spying on American citizens and allies.

Detroit faces some immense problems. Papering over them with short term deals with creditors isn’t going to solve them.

Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City and one of America’s most colorful politicians, has died at 88.

For its 60th anniversary, Chevrolet has redesigned the Corvette for 2014. It looks surprisingly like a Corvette.

Congress is trying to re-write a law that the Supreme Court found unconstitutional in June. Have they succeeded?

The Law School Bubble has imploded.

Reports of the Twinkie’s death have been exaggerated.

The death of Hostess Brands is a lesson in what is supposed to happen to failed companies in a free market.

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

Andrew Ross Sorkin says Facebook’s IPO was a debacle. Mark Cuban says this misunderstands the purpose of an IPO.

Economic growth is the key to fixing many of our problems. Unfortunately, we’re not likely to see the kind of growth we need any time soon.

Think the auto bailout was a success? Think again.

Jon Corzine appears to be about to get a ‘Get Out Of Jail Free” card.

The President’s former Budget Director joins the ranks of those calling for Postal privatization.

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

Is the Romney camp snubbing Sarah Palin?

Isn’t the bottom line here that Romney and his campaign just screwed up?

The economic statistics aren’t pointing in a very optimistic direction.

The Obama campaign’s focus on Mitt Romney’s years at Bain Capital don’t seem to be working.

A tough new Obama campaign ad highlights people who lost their jobs after a Bain Capital takeover–at a time Mitt Romney was not at Bain Capital.

Mitt Romney is being rightfully ridiculed for trying to take credit for saving General Motors and Chrysler.

Newt Gingrich is morally and intellectually bankrupt, so perhaps it’s no surprise that his health care think tank is now fiscally bankrupt.

This morning, the Justices pondered the fate of the PPACA if they strike down the individual mandate.

Romney eked out a win in the Michigan primary. He’s going to have a harder time there in November.

Another Federal Court rules in favor of marriage equality, and the biggest news is how unsurprising the outcome of the case is.

The NYT has an interesting piece on the ongoing limted v. big governemnt debate.

Was Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad a political message, or just a well done commercial?

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

Mitt Romney is taking heat for his role at Bain Capital. He shouldn’t.

Gary Johnson’s quest is quixotic, but interesting nonetheless.