Outside the Beltway

With the Supreme Court’s decision imminent, many supporters of the PPACA are starting to second guess the Obama Administration’s legal strategy.

David Chan has eaten at more than 6000 Chinese restaurants. He says the best are all in California and most opened in the last decade.

Another local official wants to join the War On Big Soda.

We don’t know what the Supreme Court will have to say about the Affordable Care Act, but their decision is already being attacked.

Mitt Romney’s confrontational approach to Russia makes no sense.

Jeffrey Goldberg asks, “What if Mitt Romney were Jewish?”

After a nine week trial, Roger Clemens was acquitted of perjury charges this afternoon. What that means for his future in the world of baseball is unclear.

Americans should be thankful when our presidents take time off.

Several conservatives are touting a poll that purports to show a 22 point drop in support for Obama by Jewish voters in New York. Is it believable?

If not Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden, who might the Democrats have to choose from in 2016?

Public opinion of the Supreme Court has declined in recent years. But It’s not because of anything the Court did.

Jonathan Chait makes an astute observation about the media’s role in meme generation.

The President’s Cabinet is less a Team Of Rivals and more a Team Of Managers.

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

In an ideal world, today’s Recall Election in Wisconsin would not even be legally possible.

New York’s Governor is proposing a change in the law that could spare thousands of people a year from an unnecessary trip through the legal system.

Another sign this morning that the economic has been slowing, and may be contracting.

The factors influencing Russian policy in Syria are many, and some of them are quite ancient.

The president has come a long way from his days as a “liberal law professor who campaigned against the Iraq war.”

As societal attitudes change, what counts as an insult so bad you can sue someone over it also changes.

The first shots have been fired in cyberspace. How will it end?

New York City’s Mayor wants to control the size of soft drinks.

The economic statistics aren’t pointing in a very optimistic direction.

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

Will more knowledge bring an end to the public debate over evolutionary theory? Don’t count on it.

Mitt Romney continues to keep Donald Trump close. It makes no sense, but it isn’t likely to matter in the end.

Contrary to what you’re hearing, the Facebook I.P.O. was a huge success.

Illinois wants to solve its Medicaid problem by hoping its citizens smoke more cigarettes.

The Obama campaign’s focus on Mitt Romney’s years at Bain Capital don’t seem to be working.

China’s economic engine may be sputtering.

The City of Detroit appears ready to abandon vast sections of itself to the metaphorical jungle.