Outside the Beltway

Gas prices are falling nationwide but that’s mostly because the economy kind of stinks.

In, “Squeezing out the doctor,” The Economist looks at the future of medicine and sees a declining role for physicians.

A spate of bad economic news foretells a shift in the campaign for President.

We, as Americans, tend to have a limited knowledge of the institutional variation that exists across democratic systems around the world.

The Wall Street Journal publishes a screed aimed at those about to graduate college.

There’s a big hole in the latest sanctions against Iran.

Dharun Ravi was convicted of bias intimidation toward Tyler Clementi. It’s not at all clear that he should have been.

“Asian” has an entirely different connotation in the UK than it does in the US.

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

Wait until you hear about Newt Gingrich’s new out of this world idea.

The truth about a Second Obama Term is that it likely wouldn’t be all that remarkable.

Higher gas prices in the spring could have an impact on the economy, and the election.

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

Rick Santorum’s foreign policy positions are troubling in many respects.

Not surprisingly, the last man to lead the Soviet Union believes we’d be better off if it still existed.

The capacity of some people to look the other way in the face of evil is astounding.

Yesterday’s encounter between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich was less than it could have been.

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

The Secretary of Defense has some words of warning for those advocating military action against Iran.

Is it time to just admit that the good old days are over?

Everyone’s talking about jobs again. And it’s not a pretty picture.

It’s time to start being concerned about Europe.

Are the worries about China overtaking the United States realistic?

A major backer of Republican and Libertarian causes is under fire.

Much of politics is visceral rather than intellectual.

A new poll shows that Americans are starting to look East.

Ron Paul is again making the argument that American foreign policy has contributed to terrorism. He’s more right than wrong.

After months of fits and starts, it appears anti-Gaddafi forces are on the verge of victory.

Does Bachmann think the USSR is on the rise? I expect not, but her defense and fiscal policy skills still need some work.

Michele Bachmann is promising $2.00 gas. Not surprisingly, she has no idea how to achieve this seemingly impossible goal.

Watching the news and reading the op-eds makes it clear: America is doomed.

Yes, China’s GDP growth has been impressive for some time now, but it is not the sole way to understand development.

160 million girls are “missing” owing to selective abortion and cultural preferences for male children.

Is it reasonable to state that countries with less guns are more likely to become tyrannical than countries with more guns?

Palin has some odd things to say about US history.

While President Obama has had some amusing gaffes on his trip to London, including getting the year wrong in the guest book and an awkward toast to the Queen, his speech to Parliament today hit all the right notes.

Go The Fuck to Sleep, the children’s book aimed at parents, has become an Internet sensation and reached #1 on Amazon well before its release owing to a leaked copy.