Outside the Beltway

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.

A nine month Al Jazeera investigations indicates that poison may have played a role in Yasser Arafat’s 2004 death.

There’s very little evidence or logic to support the attacks coming from the right against Chief Justice Roberts.

It’s never a good thing when an Administration is investigating itself.

Men who graduate elite universities earn an additional $107,000 lifetime. It costs $234,440 to get a Yale degree.

From one Nobel Peace Prize winner to another.

Are the Stuxnet and Flame attacks the opening shots in a dangerous new era of secret war?

The US Supreme Court has upheld the most controversial provisions of Arizona’s immigration law.

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

Fast and furious, or a lot of sound and fury signifying not too much?

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?”

Americans should be thankful when our presidents take time off.

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.

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.

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?

The official portrait of George W. Bush, the 43rd president, was unveiled at the White House yesterday. The ceremony was a rare display of political humor and grace.

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

You have Martin Luther King’s statue in your office, but you are sending these unmanned drones out, and bombs are dropping on innocent people.

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

Yes, it is too hard to amend. A few quick thoughts on the subject.

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

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 “Clinton-Biden Switcheroo” Scenario is the pundit’s fantasy that will not die.

Yesterday, Cory Booker committed the rookie mistake of saying what was on his mind.

Recipe plagiarism and a bonus tale.