Outside the Beltway

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

It’s the least I can do—and the most.

A few stories to comment on that did not lead to full posts.

The West Virginia Senator has taken the football from Charlie Brown and gone home.

The reactions to a verdict that were predictable (indeed, predicted) are over the top.

Some interesting stories or columns that I’ll never get around to writing full posts on.

Senator Elizabeth Warren released a more detailed version of her ‘Medicare For All” plan late last week. It leaves much to be desired.

It’s not the responsibility of the opposition party to make up for Donald Trump.

A great public intellectual, pioneering blogger, and all-around good man is gone.

Can society forgive the men caught up in the #MeToo movement? Is it even our place to decide?

Some considerations on the politics of Roe v. Wade.

The President is generating so much outrage on a daily basis that we’re missing important stories.

While I don’t always agree with her, I’ve never ceased to be amazed at the sheer vitriol she inspires, given that she’s unfailingly polite, not discernibly partisan, and bends over backwards to acknowledge the merits of competing viewpoints.

The Congressional Budget Office delivered some bad news yesterday to House Republicans on their replacement for Obamacare.

The one with the better convention seems to have lost ground over the last two weeks.

Hillary Clinton’s extreme carelessness with classified information probably won’t cost her the election, but it should.

It’s easy to see what Greece thinks it still needs Europe, it’s more of puzzle why Europe thinks it needs to hang on to Greece.

Even with a recent negative downturn in the polls, the reports of Hillary Clinton’s impending political demise are largely wishful thinking on the part of conservatives.

Los Angeles became the latest major city to increase its minimum wage. It’s a risky bet that is likely to do more harm than good.

Former President Clinton doesn’t seem to get it. Or, does he?

Electronic payments are convenient but sometimes there’s nothing better than money in your pocket.

After many ballyhooed glitches, 7 million Americans have signed up for ObamaCare. Now what?

Those with the means can buy their way out of more and more of life’s inconveniences.

A mix of media and abortion politics.

Reclining your seat comes at the expense of your fellow traveler’s knees. Why is it an option?

Ross Douthat says American women should stop being decadent and have more babies, explaining that raising children is easier than it used to be, so there’s really no excuse for women to be so selfish.

Posting pictures of your ballot to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is a crime in some parts of America.

The notion that Megan McArdle is some sort of “Republican Party activist” is just nuts.

One year ago, the U.S. lost it’s AAA credit rating with S&P. There doesn’t appear to have been any real impact from that decision.

What hath a fury greater than a woman scorned? Hundreds of scorned women with Twitter accounts.

Megan McArdle is taking a break of unspecified length from blogging to “work on another project.” Said project, she hastens to add, is not a baby.

Once again, the culture wars intrude into yet another area of life.

At least some of Mitt Romney”s investment money sits in offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands. Does it matter?

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

It’s the 5% versus the 1% moreso than the 99% against the 1%.

A change to the Bankruptcy Code could go a long way toward alleviating the burden of student loan debt that seems to be motivating some in the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.

American has real economic and social problems. But the solution in on Capitol Hill, not Wall Street.

Chris Christie’s weight has become a political concern, apparently.

Making sure millionaires pay more tax than their secretary isn’t as easy as it sounds.

I no longer have any confidence that our leaders will act responsibly before the August 2nd debt ceiling deadline.

The idea that the GOP can block a debt ceiling vote and benefit politically is, quite simply, absurd.

Some things are worth repeating.

What exactly is the GOP trying to accomplish in the debt ceiling negotiations?

A new Georgia immigration law is causing serious problems for Georgia’s farmers.

The Anthony Weiner reveals once again the odd American obsession with the intersection of sex and politics.