Outside the Beltway

Another reason to give everyone adiditional pause (as there already ought to be some) for anyone looking to Breitbart’s empire for good information.

Jennifer Rubin accuses Colin Powell of political opportunism for hedging on whether to renew his endorsement of Barack Obama.

Apparently, pretended overpriced pomegranate juice is a magic healing elixir is more than the law will allow.

Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control, has died aged 96.

A North Carolina teacher screamed and cursed at students for criticizing President Obama.

The “Clinton-Biden Switcheroo” Scenario is the pundit’s fantasy that will not die.

States actually have constitutional authority over the selection of electors, not of the president.

The Catholic Church has fired a legal shot across the bow of the Affordable Care Act.

The Internet is public and forever. But maybe it shouldn’t be.

The Oklahoma City Thunder is making their first trip to the Western Conference finals after ousting the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. Naturally, rioting and gunplay ensued.

The people who gave us the “war on Christmas” are now touting an upsurge on black-on-white crime.

A surprisingly short sentence in a case that caused a nationwide sensation.

Yesterday, Cory Booker committed the rookie mistake of saying what was on his mind.

Alan Dershowitz thinls the charges against George Zimmerman should be dropped. With due apologies to the good Professor, he’s wrong.

Innocent people have gone to jail, and some of them are still sitting there.

Recipe plagiarism and a bonus tale.

While the United States has some serious problems with policing, we’re not a police state.

Google’s Chrome browser has overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to become the most used browser in the world.

The private office is quickly becoming a relic, despite the loss of morale and productivity that comes from open floorplans.

Private college degree mills have come under intense scrutiny. But many public institutions have similar statistics.

Uni-watch is holding a contest for a redesign of the uniforms for the NFL’s Washington Redskins.

Republican politicians have largely avoided the topic of same-sex marriage since President Obama’s announcement. Why?

For years, I’ve used Loretta Lynn as an example of how fast societal mores have changed. It turns out that her marriage at age 13 may be a bit of myth making.

Since Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón began an all-out assault on drug cartels in 2006, more than 50,000 people have lost their lives across the country in a nearly-continuous string of shootouts, bombings, and ever-bloodier murders.

Here’s why nobody in Washington will allow the Bush Tax Cuts to expire.