Outside the Beltway

The John Edwards trial is over. This should be the end of the matter.

An unsurprising decision on the Defense of Marriage.

Yet more evidence that this is shaping up to be a very close election.

New York City’s Mayor wants to control the size of soft drinks.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is seeking to raise money for toll roads through a user tax on their best customers.

You have Martin Luther King’s statue in your office, but you are sending these unmanned drones out, and bombs are dropping on innocent people.

The economic statistics aren’t pointing in a very optimistic direction.

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

Time for the Thursday OTB Caption Contest^TM

An Internet meme that Robert Mugabe has been named UN Tourism Ambassador is untrue.

Mitt Romney is criticizing the President over his Syria policy, but his alternative ideas aren’t very good.

Romney comes down firmly on the guns side of guns and butter.

Mark Zuckerberg left at least two Italian restaurants without tipping. Apparently, he read his guide books.

The I coulda had a G8 Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

We, as Americans, tend to have a limited knowledge of the institutional variation that exists across democratic systems around the world.

Yes, it is too hard to amend. A few quick thoughts on the subject.

Did the Founding Fathers make it too hard to amend the Constitution? No, they didn’t.

Will more knowledge bring an end to the public debate over evolutionary theory? Don’t count on it.

Mitt Romney continues to keep Donald Trump close. It makes no sense, but it isn’t likely to matter in the end.

Time for the Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

How can opinion shift quickly on a given topic?

Meet Flame. A cyber threat that makes Stuxnet seem like child’s play.

Political disagreements about war are no reason to dismiss the sacrifices of those who have died for our country.