Outside the Beltway

At nearly $4 million for a 30 second spot, advertising on the Super Bowl is a bargain.

Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City and one of America’s most colorful politicians, has died at 88.

Applications to America’s Law Schools are down, because the nature of the legal profession is changing.

I have over the years been both editor and edited; currently, I’m both, often in the same day. Some thoughts on the relationship.

Some surprisingly bad economic news

The New York Times breaks the shocking story (“That Cuddly Kitty Is Deadlier Than You Think”) that cats kill birds and small mammals.

A good start toward solving a long standing problem.

Despite some tough questions, Congressional Republicans didn’t land a glove on Secretary of State Clinton.

Government-mandated paid sick leave might improve both public health and the American economy.

Josh Marshall explains what it’s like to be a non-gun person in a very pro-gun culture.

The NRA is calling President Obama an “elitist hypocrite” for opposing armed guards in schools while sending his own girls to school with armed guards.

Monday, The Atlantic published and took down a sponsored article from the church of Scientology. Yesterday, it admitted it had “screwed up.”

No Labels is attempting to relaunch itself after amounting to exactly nothing in the 2012 cycle. Let me save you the trouble: They won’t matter in 2014 or 2016, either.

The ultimate impact of the Newtown tragedy on the nation’s gun laws is likely to be very limited.

Welcome to the latest crazy scheme to avoid reality.

President Obama is taking some heat over the fact that his Second Term cabinet selections have been very white and very male.

Are we really going to do this again? The answer appears to be yes.

The attempted coup against John Boehner resembled something you’d see in a banana republic.

Could a coin like this solve the looming debt ceiling crisis?

It’s time to start thinking outside the box when it comes to disaster relief.

Arab news giant Al-Jazeera is buying Al Gore’s failing Current TV network, hoping to get a bigger presence in the US cable market.

Hell hath no fury like a Christie scorned.

The world’s most prolific blogger is leaving corporate media and opening the tip jar.

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.

For the New Year, how about challenging your ideas just a little bit?

New York Jets quarterback Greg McElroy was experiencing post-concussion syndrome but hid it from the team for days.

Does the public still care about the personal transgressions of politicians? The evidence seems to suggest they don’t.