Outside the Beltway

Once again, the Obama campaign appears to have an advantage among people who have voted already or will be voting before Election Day.

Sacrificing our principles in the face of mob violence is never a good idea.

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

Opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United continue to miss the point of what the case was really about.

There are advantages to cash that electronic transactions cannot replicate.

Some questions for opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United.

Finding a job gets harder when businesses discover they don’t need to hire as many people as they used to.

A new look at Clarence Thomas’s 20 years on the Supreme Court, from a critic, is surprisingly positive.

A profile of George Mason economist and blogger Tyler Cowen offers this amusing description: “Cowen, 49, has round features, a hesitant posture, and an unconcerned haircut.”

George Mason University law students are petitioning against the requirement to pay $136 to rent cap and gown regalia in order to attend their graduation ceremony.

New York Times writer Adam Liptak discovers that a Supreme Court decision protecting “corporate speech” might not be a bad thing considering that he works for a corporation.

Some lawyers make a fabulous salary right out of law school. Most don’t.