Outside the Beltway

Whether Republicans are ready or not, Donald Trump is coming.

We live in a random and chaotic universe.

Rand Paul Is at a distinct disadvantage compared to his fellow Republican candidates for President.

Donald Trump is probably just messing around with all of us again, but he’s certainly acting like someone who’s running for President.

With 14 candidates vying for the Republican nomination, TV execs are scrambling to make the debates watchable.

A tale of Kafkaesque torture by Comcast Customer Service reveals that the person who really made the mistakes here was the homeowner.

He’s back.

Scott Walker surged to the top of a new poll of Iowa Republicans, but Iowa is not a very good predictor of success in the race for the GOP nomination.

Unlike Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson has lost his bid to have his suspension overturned.

Rick Perry is sounding for all the world like a candidate for President, and says he’s a different candidate this time, but initial perceptions are hard to overcome.

A knowledgeable observer has a dim forecast.

We appear to be just days away from an announcement from the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting, and the consensus seems to be that there will be no indictment at all.

Mike Huckabee seems to be making the moves necessary to run for President again, For reasons only he can understand.

The trial of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife opened yesterday, and it sounded more like a soap opera than a legal proceeding.

The June Jobs Report is basically good news.

Some Republicans apparently think the key to their future lies in the past.

There’s really no better word for it than blackmail.

Another victory for marriage equality. This time from the state that gave us the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on interracial marriage.

Pat Roberts may be facing a Richard Lugar problem in Kansas.

Is 435 the right number?

Wall Street Journal was looking hard for a story.

Some signs from Silicon Valley seem to indicate that the heady days of the 90s Tech Bubble are returning.

Two veteran reporters, including the dean of the Virginia press corps, have been fired by the AP after falsely reporting that Terry McAuliffe lied to federal authorities.

The Oval Office Address, once a common tool of the Presidency, has been in declining use of late.

The drip, drip, drip in Richmond is turning into a flood.

Is 2013 the year of second acts in American politics? Eliot Spitzer seems to be the latest disgraced politician to hope that it is.

Are two parking spaces in Boston really worth $560,000? According to an auction earlier this week they are.

The jobs news in May was good, but far from great.

The Canal made a number of impressions.

American politicians are using China as a scapegoat for America’s problems.

September’s BLS Report will likely be significant but, behind the numbers, things don’t look all that great.

Ben Bernanke thinks doing more of the same is just what the economy needs.

Mitt Romney’s initial response to the attacks in Egypt and Libya displayed a tendency to jump the gun rather than wait for the facts.

Is it possible to have the Volt conversation without it being about politics?

A POLITICO analysis finds that “Obama and his top campaign aides have engaged far more frequently in character attacks and personal insults than the Romney campaign.”

Some surprising findings about how America’s undergraduates are paying for their education.