Outside the Beltway

So, Anthony Weiner is a lying dick. Does it matter?

What we don’t know might hurt us.

Are we safer in high population areas?

Singing the 1974 Carl Douglas classic “Kung Fu Fighting” can get you arrested in England.

The free market in action.

Even libertarians aren’t all that impressed with the effort to bring Ayn Rand’s magnum opus to the big screen.

Whenever I despair at the current state of the Republican Party, I remind myself that things aren’t much better across the aisle.

Public disclosure of campaign contributions makes it easier for incumbents to pressure backers of their opponent.

Neither side is covering themselves in glory in the battle over the Badger State budget.

They’re from the government, and they’re here to take that tasty snack out of your hands.

Wondering why CATO doesn’t rail against big business is like demanding to know why NARAL doesn’t spend more time advocating for the plight of stray cats or why PETA doesn’t seem to care about the homeless.

Could Congress limit abortion via an onerous tax?

Judicial activism doesn’t mean “reaching a decision I don’t like.”

The Atlantic made a $1.8 million profit, mostly from Andrew Sullivan’s blog.

Some DC based hipsters want to know why America doesn’t have good pubs like in London. It turns out, they’re everywhere.

An odd union contract creates powerful incentives against making escalators at subway stations in the nation’s capital work.

It’s quite possible that the delays spawned by airline security measures are killing more people than they’re saving.

Is angry and violent language which dominates blog comments sections a sign of broader trends in our political culture?

While the displacement of poor blacks from their neighborhoods by affluent whites may be lamentable, it’s better than the alternatives.

Banks are faced with a huge number of foreclosures and that resources they’ve allocated towards handling them was woefully inadequate.

Bill Jacobson and Glenn Reynolds seem to be overly amused that Conor Friedersdorf has the title of “senior editor” over at Andrew Sullivan’s blog.

The Tea Party movement and the populist backlash against DC mayor Adrian Fenty are a sign that things are changing so fast that a lot of people simply can’t adjust.

The Tea Party is coming to Washington, D.C. on Saturday for a Glenn Beck rally and one travel guide is warning them to stay away from certain parts of the city. Subtle racism ? No, it’s common sense.

A special tax rate for millionaires wouldn’t raise much additional revenue but it would make journalists feel better.

If lawyers and MBAs don’t understand their mortgage documents, what chance do the rest of us have?

The concentration of policy wonks in the Washington-New York-Boston corridor produces skewed analysis.

Megan McArdle cites an academic article someone disagrees with, proving she’s a dishonest hack.