Outside the Beltway

MSNBC.com is contemplating a name change to distinguish their brand from that of a left-leaning cable news channel.

More numbers for campaign 2010–in this case, ones that show the maintenance of the status quo in several states.

Daniel Larison’s “The Case Against NATO” makes compelling reading. In my New Atlanticist post “The Case Against the Case Against NATO,” I explain why it’s wrong.

Tonight’s topic: America’s rising income inequality and what, if anything, we ought to do about it.

If the Republicans win back Congress in November, it will be largely unearned. But that doesn’t mean that there’s no incentive for change in American politics.

Responding to the rant that got Rick Sanchez fired, Slate’s Brian Palmer investigates the question, “Do Jews Really Control the Media?” His short answer, “Maybe the movies, but not the news.”

Once again, Washington is abuzz with rumors that Hillary Clinton will be replacing Joe Biden as the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee in 2012.

There’s apparently a whole series of these spoof ads for the non-existent car.

Dwayne Jarrett’s career with the Carolina Panthers: 1 touchdown, 2 DUIs.

Arnold Schwarzenegger predicts President Obama’s re-election. Historically, that’s the safe bet.

Boston University and Northeastern have found that there is life after football. Shouldn’t most schools follow their lead?

While Americans concern themselves with domestic politics and mid-term elections, the situation in Pakistan seems to continue to get worse.

Andrew Sullivan has figured out the solution to all that ails us: “If we could end all loop-holes (and I mean all), and have three or so effective rates, can you imagine how cleaner our politics would be? And how much more efficient our economy?”

The Silent Majority Wants a Dictatorship Run by Thomas Friedman

Would non-violence really have failed against the Nazis? History suggests maybe not….

In his farewell speech on Friday, Rahm Emanuel said that the Obama Administration had faced tougher times than any previous President. That is a fundamentally absurd idea.

Ken Levine has some advice for aspiring writers: Forget about slaving over plots and character development. Instead, sleep your way around campus and write about it.

Just a tip to fellow bloggers who are still running their blogrolls using the old blogrolling.com widget: Your sites have been banned for some time because of malware issues.

If Mark Zuckerberg hadn’t invented Facebook someone else would have. Probably within a month or two of his invention.

Bill Jacobson and Glenn Reynolds seem to be overly amused that Conor Friedersdorf has the title of “senior editor” over at Andrew Sullivan’s blog.

Thirty-two years after the first “Test Tube Baby” was born, the doctor who pioneered the procedure that created her has been recognized with a Nobel Prize.

The State Department’s terrorism threat warning for Europe is probably meaningless. If it isn’t, it’ll be perceived that way.

Thomas Friedman engages in some early speculation about a serious third party presidential run. As usual, such speculation ignores the basic structures of American politics.