Outside the Beltway

Given that the vote count seems to be heading that way, this is a question worth examination.

Thanks to archaic state laws, you can look at cars in a Tesla showroom, but in my states you can’t but anything there.

There is an important difference between private companies holding private data and government holding it.

Exploring data from 33 years’ of FISA reports to Congress

Filling normal vacancies on the bench is not “packing the court.”

So far, three weeks of bad news hasn’t really had much of an impact on the public’s view of how President Obama is handling his job.

The Obama Administration’s response to the Benghazi attack is approaching critical mass. It’s not going away any time soon.

After months of impasse, a new coalition has been formed in Italy.

A mix of media and abortion politics.

A baby born with AIDS eighteen months ago has reportedly been cured.

A theory on why Benghazi will not die as a political issue.

It’s time to end this absurd annual spectacle.

NPR’s Julie Rovner makes a novel argument: Raising the Medicare eligibility age would actually increase the cost of Medicare.

The analyst actually wants to understand and be correct far more than he or she wants their preferences to prevail in the analysis

The White House’s theory of what happened in Benghazi is become less and less credible.

“Growing up in California, it was illegal for Asians to marry whites. How times have changed. I married a white DUDE.”

After three days of buildup to a “mystery speaker,” the closing night of the Republican convention featured a rambling performance by Clint Eastwood and an empty chair.

An Atlantic story on veterans returning to college is both poignant and miscast.

No, Barack Obama is not going to dump Joe Biden before the Democratic Convention.

In calling for the sequestration cuts to be delayed, Republicans are demonstrating their lack of seriousness on the issue of fiscal responsibility.

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.

The Koch brothers will spend more money in this election cycle than the entire McCain campaign did in 2008.

Tom and Ray Magliozzi are retiring their “Car Talk” act after 25 years but NPR will keep the show running indefinitely by repackaging old clips.

The issue of contraception coverage and religious charities is not a new one, despite the way it may sound.

In a 24/7 media climate, there is no single presidential thought that isn’t endlessly aired and debated.

The US intelligence community has more information at its disposal than ever. Unfortunately, it can’t efficiently process it and make the necessary connections.

There seems to be very little stopping a big night for Mitt Romney next Tuesday.

The constantly changing face of Superman, the iconic comic book superhero, over the 73 years since he debuted in Action Comics #1.

Proving yet again that the plural of anecdote is not data.

Do American courts throw people in jail for failing to pay their debts? No, they don’t.