Outside the Beltway

Mayor Bloomberg has decided to hold the New York Marathon Sunday even though millions are still without power and the city infrastructure is unable to cope with normal activity.

Two years ago, Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others were killed in a plane crash in Russia. A new report has “traces of explosives” in the debris.

The nation’s capitol is closed in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy. But the Supreme Court will be reporting for duty.

Once again, the Obama campaign appears to have an advantage among people who have voted already or will be voting before Election Day.

Our War On Drugs is having a disastrous impact on our neighbors to the south, and they’re starting to notice.

Newly released statistics indicate that the economy is slowing down and in danger of slipping into a recession.

In order to win, Mitt Romney needs the support of a large segment of the 47% of the populace he wrote off back in May.

For the fourth day, American and other embassies became the focus of mass protests in many Muslim nations.

Mitt Romney still has problems with Southern whites that could pose problems for him in states like Virginia and North Carolina.

A day of protests over a film nobody has ever heard of has lead to the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya.

In another sign that things may not be going so well between Washington and Jerusalem, President Obama will not be meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu when he’s in the United States.

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

Another bad jobs report threatens to undermine whatever good will the President had coming off the Democratic National Convention.

Tonight’s convention speech is the most important speech Mitt Romney has ever given.

The Republican Party has apparently solved all of the nation’s real problems and decided it can waste time on nonsense.

A true pioneer passed away today.

Under German law, this ceremony, which Jews believe dates from the time of Abraham, is now illegal.

Two groups of former special operations soldiers are opposing Obama. Their military bonafides are not their most interesting credentials.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

The most recent round of national polling seems to show that the negative attacks on Romney are having an impact.

Nick Delpopolo has been banned from the Olympics for testing positive for cannabis, which he claims came from unwittingly eating a marijuana-laced brownie.

While women are more visible at the 2012 Olympics than any past games, there are still cries of “sexism.”

Some interesting developments in Pyongyang.

There are signs out there that people are becoming some what more optimistic about the outlook for the economy.

London’s iconic clock tower, known affectionately as “Big Ben” for some 150 years, has been renamed “Elizabeth Tower” in honor of QE2’s 60 years as royal figurehead.

Another round of economic statistics suggests that we’re unlikely to see any real improvement between now and Election Day.

Sequencing matters.

Chuck Shumer wants to force airlines to let families sit together for free.

Washington has become the first state in decades to privatize its state-run liquor stores. They’ve coupled this with onerous fees on private distributors.