Outside the Beltway

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.

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin denies that his motivation for renouncing his US citizenship was tax avoidance.

A tough new Obama campaign ad highlights people who lost their jobs after a Bain Capital takeover–at a time Mitt Romney was not at Bain Capital.

My latest for The National Interest,Insurmountable Obstacles in Afghanistan, has been posted.

We should want more voters, not less, if we actually value representaitve democracy.

The president’s job approval is down. And it’s also up!

Davy Jones, the face of The Monkees, has died.

Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times and Remi Ochlik of Reuters have become the latest journalists to die reporting on the massacres in Syria.

Yet another sign that international intervention in Syria is most likely never going to happen.

Pepsi’s profits and revenues are up. Naturally, it’s time to fire 3 percent of its global workforce.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti admits that the fight over the eurozone crisis is opening some old wounds.

Rick Santorum swept three states that are off the media radar screen. Will it revive his campaign?

Will the Obama Administration’s decision on contraceptive coverage by the Catholic Church have an impact in November?

The AFA strikes again.

Another weak GDP report that portends stagnation ahead.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

The combined value of Apple’s stock is more than the GDP of some countries.

Republicans are rallying behind their eventual nominee.

150-plus evangelical leaders are trying to derail the Romney Express. They’re going to get run over.

Apparently, people who work for the government are surfing the World Wide Web.

Michael Hastings has yet another credulous story attempting to smear the United States military.

There’s no perfect system for choosing a champion but we can do better than this.

Some initial data released today points to the possibility of a very position jobs report tomorrow, but don’t hold your breath.

Guess who got advance warning of government actions on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis?