Outside the Beltway

For the past 18 months, Medicare spending has slowed down considerably – especially compared to the private sector.

If we cannot adequately diagnose our problems it will be even harder to fix them.

Like the rest of us, financial analysts across the globe are trying to figure out what the U.S. debt downgrade means.

So, it happened………

International options with respect to Syria are limited and likely to have little impact on the governments treatment of civilians.

One year ago, Timothy Geithner said them things about the economy he probably wishes he could take back right now.

First it was same-sex marriage, now it’s a abortion. Rick Perry hasn’t met a Constitutional Amendment usurping state power he doesn’t like.

The world is starting to denounce the crackdown in Syria, but the reaction seems unlikely to go much beyond strongly worded statements.

Now that America’s political leadership have probably averted a self-inflicted global economic calamity, it’s time to assess the winners and losers.

Congress failing to raise the debt ceiling would involve abrogating an enormous amount of power to the Executive.

It is always useful to go inside the numbers.

Barack Obama’s biggest enemy in the debt negotiations has been himself.

The Supreme Court is being asked to decided if Congress can overrule a foreign policy position the U.S. has held since 1948.

Some on the left are upset with the President, but does it really matter?

Cornel West is a bright and accomplished man. He has his PhD from Princeton and has inspired bidding wars between prestigious universities for his services. But, man, he’s out there.

On paper, the U.S. lost $1.3 billion on the Chrysler bankruptcy, but the true cost is far higher than that.

It won’t go anywhere this year, but after 15 years someone is finally trying to repeal a bad law.

Moody’s is on the right track. The current debt ceiling law has done more harm than good.

Move eases way to providing funding to the rebels.

While unemployment remains stubbornly high, Washington is spending its time fighting over the budget deficit

Judging by the June jobs report, there’s no economic recovery coming in the near future.

The US Supreme Court declined to stay the execution of a child raping murderer over a technical violation of a treaty.

It’s the marketing of college as a panacea that’s a scam, not college itself.

President Obama smiled as he signed the 2009 stimulus into law, but the results aren’t anything to smile about.

Will Joe Biden be on the podium with Barack Obama at the 2012 Democratic convention, or will there be a new running mate?

The Obama administration has released its report to Congress on what the White House staff makes. How you interpret it depends on your own economic status and your views of government in general and this president in particular.

The Obama administration is arguing the 14th Amendment renders the debt ceiling moot.

Not exactly an example of moral leadership.

The first Appeals Court decision on the Affordable Care Act was a victory for the government.

Does a little known provision in the 14th Amendment make the entire debt ceiling debate irrelevant?

One foreign policy analyst argues that President Obama should look to Nixon’s Vietnam withdrawal strategy for ideas on Afghanistan.

A setback for Planned Parenthood opponents.

Ppartisan politics no longer stops at the water’s edge. This is a bad sign for the Republic.

US News editor-in-chief Mort Zuckerman explains “Why the Jobs Situation Is Worse Than It Looks.”

Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton: “I will say this, unequivocally: I would not work in Barack Obama’s administration.”

President Obama overruled his top legal advisors in deciding that the Libya operation does not amount to “hostilities” under the War Powers Act.