Outside the Beltway

Once again, politicians in Washington are engaging in irrelevant partisan battles rather than trying to solve the nation’s problems.

Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to 10 charges stemming from turning classified documents over to WikiLeaks.

In “‘I Urge You to Drop E67-02’: Course Syllabi by Famous Authors,” Emily Temple collects actual syllabi for college literature courses taught by David Foster Wallace, Katie Roiphe, Zadie Smith, and others.

Bob Woodward once again has Washington abuzz with a White House scoop. This one is BS.

The GOP’s public image continues to be bad and there seems to be little sign that they’re doing anything to change that.

Coffee makes you smarter, burns fat, and is good for your liver.

The Hagel confirmation, like Obama’s election, was big news to some avid news consumers.

Jokes aren’t funny if you have to explain them. Explaining how the joke got written can be marginally funny.

Hundreds of illegal immigrants have been released from detention ahead of possible budget cuts.

Republicans at the state level are still trying to cook the books in the Electoral College

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

There’s an innocent explanation for giving a huge bonus to a financial exec going into government. And it still stinks.

A federal judge poses an interesting question in a case over Obama’s contraceptive mandate.