Outside the Beltway

The Obama campaign has begun to respond to the addition of Paul Ryan to the Republican ticket.

Most of the early reaction on the right consider’s the selection of Paul Ryan a smart move on Mitt Romney’s part, but you could also say it’s just risky.

Is the the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket? We’ll find out Saturday morning.

President Obama still has the advantage in the battleground states.

Nick Delpopolo has been banned from the Olympics for testing positive for cannabis, which he claims came from unwittingly eating a marijuana-laced brownie.

Three new polls show President Obama leading in three key battleground states.

The novelist, playwright, and social critic Gore Vidal has died, aged 86.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

Mitt Romney faces an uphill battle in trying to get to that magic number of 270 Electoral Votes.

NBC’s Olympic coverage doesn’t necessarily recognize the realities of social networking and the 24 hour news cycle.

Andrew Hacker argues that, while quantitative skills are “critical for informed citizenship and personal finance,” making kids master algebra to graduate high school has disastrous consequences.

As public education continues to wallow in the past, some parents are looking elsewhere for alternatives.

Sometimes, we just ought to accept the fact that people have disagreements when it comes to hot-button social issues.

Some [expletive deleted] survey says that swearing at work is bad, even though almost everyone surveyed admits swearing at work.

The GDP report shows the economy slowed in the second quarter, to the surprise of nobody.

There are still three months or so go. The race is incredibly tight. And, voters are starting to really dislike both candidates.

One Chicago politician is using clearly unconstitutional tactics in the political war on Chick-fil-A

Don’t look for an effort to enact new gun laws in the wake of the Aurora shootings.

Some interesting developments in Pyongyang.

Carbon emissions in the U.S. have declined just as use of natural gas in electricity production has increased. That’s no coincidence.

Two liberal columnists say a recent Mitt Romney ad proves he’s out of touch—and implies that he’s running a racist stealth campaign.

Once again, the usual suspects are exploiting tragedy for political purposes.

Mitt Romney has had a rough two weeks, but Barack Obama has to deal with a bad economy.

Antonin Scalia says Supreme Court justices have a collegial relationship and make decisions based on legal philosophy, not politics.

The prosecutor in George Zimmernan’s case has made public “evidence” that will likely never be admitted at trial, but which could prejudice the case immensely.

Reporters covering the 2012 election are letting the campaigns control what they report to a disturbing degree.

There are some indications that Mitt Romney may be ready to announce his running mate selection as early as this week.

In a groundbreaking investigative report, the New York Times has found that it’s easier to raise children if there are two parents and two incomes than one parent and one income.

Sage Stallone, who appeared with his father Sylevester is several films, has died aged 36 of an apparent prescription drug overdose.

Get ready for the battle over the Bush Tax Cuts to start up yet again.