Lydia DePillis says Washington, D.C. needs a fiscally-​​​​conservative alternative to the lefty D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, the only think tank focused on the city’s local government. Are participants in marathons and other event-​​​​based fundraisers really donors in the same sense as direct-​​​​marketing donors? Tom Belford says no. Pork Barrel Barbecue has released a barbecue-​​​​scented fragrance. Really. […]

What a multicultural society really needs; the cost of text fundraising; the rise of Megabus; growing dependency; and an EPA rap.

Outsourcing isn’t the same as privatization; federalism in transportation funding; setting up a merchant account; and rick-​​rolling the legislature.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from August 31^st to September 4^th.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from August 9^th to August 11^th.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web from July 8^th to July 12^th.

Some of the links I’ve collected from around the web on May 23^rd

What happens when the House of Representatives and Senate pass slightly different versions of the same legislation? Any schoolkid can answer that: the House and the Senate send delegates to negotiate a compromise bill. If only it actually worked that way. All too often, the negotiators don’t split the difference during the House-​​​​Senate conference, particularly […]