Outside the Beltway

Some preliminary thoughts on the inaugural college playoff system.

For better or worse, Marion Barry was a fixture in D.C. politics for much of the 40 year period of home rule that began in 1975.

The idea that the N.F.L. “doesn’t pay taxes” is largely false.

The F.C.C. will be considering a petition to ban the word “Redskins” from the airwaves.

After 200 years, Francis Scott Key’s most famous work may have outlived its usefulness..

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case that will likely be this era’s version of the Betamax case.

Despite the mythos, 95% of Americans are either Christian or unaffiliated.

Lack of understanding or basic dishonesty?

Can you still buy batteries there, though?

Apple’s “1984” Super Bowl commercial ran only once, but it remains in a class by itself.

One of the dumbest rules in sports may mean that people in three cities can’t see their teams play this weekend.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

My latest for The National Interest has posted.

Three years after joining The New York Times, Nate Silver is jumping ship to Disney’s ESPN and ABC.

Long suffering fans of the Dallas Cowboys, including myself and Steven Taylor, have a love-hate relationship with owner-general manager Jerry Jones. cowb