Outside the Beltway

Wouldn’t it be easier to bury the power lines instead of dealing with storm damage and week-long power outages seemingly every year?

One law professor suggests that we need to double the size of the Supreme Court. Is he right?

The largest group of immigrants to the United States doesn’t come from south of the border anymore.

Bill Clinton walks back his comments about extending the Bush Tax Cuts in the most unbelievable manner possible.

There may be only one solution to saving the Euro.

Romney comes down firmly on the guns side of guns and butter.

Michael Fumento becomes the latest prominent conservative to criticize what conservatism has become.

The Germans are taking this austerity thing a little far: their police fired only 85 shots at humans last year.

Nicholas Katzenbach, a central figure in the civil rights fights of the 1960s, has died.

The New Yorker’s John Cassidy sees “Good and Bad News for Obama” in Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat.

The American economy is so bad that people are reverse migrating to the Third World.

Andrew Exum believes the Army should “get rid of all medals not related to valor or campaign-specific service.”

“Can Domestic Policy Affect Income Distribution?” Why, yes, yes it can.

Seven of the top ten and fifteen of the top twenty universities on the planet are American.

Is the rhetoric in the war of words between the U. S. and Iran ratcheting up?

The US spends more government money on healthcare per capita than the likes of Germany, France, Canada, Sweden, and Holland!

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti admits that the fight over the eurozone crisis is opening some old wounds.

Mitt Romney’s view of the ideal relationship between the United States and Israel is, at the very least. quite odd, and, potentially, dangerous.

Censorship or sound business practice?

A Washington Post fact check calls this “true but false.”

When did serving your country become something political opponents attacked you for?

The problem with Europe may not be the Euro, but the fact that there really aren’t any Europeans.

The Republican candidates for President are blurring what should be a pretty clear line.

A smoking gun?

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

Despite our rather obvious problems, we’re in great shape compared to the rest of the developed world and, especially, to even our fairly recent ancestors.

“The debt crisis is burrowing ever deeper, like a worm, and is now reaching Germany.”

How did Republicans get in this mess?

Treating entertainment as entertainment is one thing. Treating it as news and education is another.

A dwindling proportion of students are majoring in STEM fields. They’re likely making the wise choice.

The popular program was even less successful than we initially thought.

European leaders continue to kick the can down the road on a crisis that could bring down the global economy.