Outside the Beltway

Jimmy Cliff’s “The Harder They Come” popularized reggae in America 40 years ago this month.

40 years after Roe v. Wade, support for the decision is still strong, but the effort to restrict it continues apace.

The GOP has a serious image problem.

The Speaker’s version of what went down during the negotiations does not make the Speaker look good.

The new $450,000 income threshold is a political fiction.

The world’s most prolific blogger is leaving corporate media and opening the tip jar.

One major factor in the skyrocketing cost of a college education in America is a huge increase in overhead costs.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has a good idea.

Remember when the Bush administration was spying on calls Americans made overseas without a warrant? Those were the good old days.

Whether it comes now or in January, President Obama is going to win the tax debate.

Harvard’s pet conservative offers a critique of the Democratic Party that reads like something from the OTB comments section.

Reports of the Twinkie’s death have been exaggerated.

Mitt Romney wasn’t a perfect candidate, but he was much better than most of the 2012 Republican field.

Obama thinks he has a mandate to raise taxes on high earners. Republicans think they have a mandate to stop him.

A surprise Friday resignation at the CIA.

Wherein I get a bit petty (but to make a point and, maybe just because it amuses me).

The 2012 Election should be a warning to the GOP that it needs to open itself up to minority groups, especially Latinos.

Will Ohio’s Provisional Ballot’s be 2012’s version of the Hanging Chad?

With sixteen days to go, the race for President is tied.

Once again, it seems necessary to debunk some commonly believed myths about polling.

Sometimes, real life catches up with those who think their online life is secret.

Romney’s post-debate surge is being picked up in swing state polls, but will it be enough?

Mitt Romney has gotten a bump in the polls from Wednesday debate, but it’s still too early to say if it means anything.

So, apparently there’s a shortage of the goop that turns coffee into a $4 pumpkin-flavored milkshake. And grown ass men are upset about it.

For no apparent reason, the presidential race is tightening ahead of tonight’s first debate, according to two reputable national polls.

Some of the NFL’s heftier players do not appreciate the new form-fitting jerseys introduced this season.

A new study looks at the reasons why people are so belligerent in their online communications.

Where’s the beef?

Many on the right are heavily invested in the argument that current polling is intentionally biased against Mitt Romney. Their argument is not very plausible.

Good journalism? Or, bad ethics?

Understandably, Republicans are becoming nervous about the way things are going for Team Romney.

The President’s poll lead has shrunk, but there are still signs of trouble for Mitt Romney.

The Romney campaign infighting is becoming public.

Republican lawmakers are starting to express frustration with the course of the Romney campaign.