Outside the Beltway

Much touted snowstorm set the DC area atwitter, only to fall short of expectations and yield derision.

Mr. Paul Goes To Washington.

The White House employs calligraphers. And pays them money!

Congress is banding together on a bipartisan basis to fight the greatest problem facing the country: the precedence of the Distinguished Warfare Medal above the Bronze Star.

My latest for The National Interest, “Was Afghanistan Worth It?” takes issue with the Marine commandant’s assessment of that question.

The Obama White House is not ruling out targeted strikes against Americans inside American territory.

Apparently, not the Onion.

Reminding government employees that they are employees of the government is suddenly controversial.

The White House is backing an effort to overturn a bizarre ruled recently enacted by the Library of Congress

Walter Russell Mead presents his sitrep of the War on Terror.

There’s no money in wri

About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer and nearly 600,000 have “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles.

Jim Valvano’s famous ESPYs speech was 20 years ago today.

The gambling mogul is self-reporting violations of the law against bribing foreign officials.

A baby born with AIDS eighteen months ago has reportedly been cured.

The anti-communist icon is once again in hot water for making idiotic comments.

Google’s Sergey Brin says swiping a phone feels silly, so we should wear dorky goggles around all day.

Our eggheads isn’t as smart as they thinks.

A bit of musing on parties, elections, and governance,

So, the PowerLine gang experimented with an annoying pre-load survey widget to boost revenue. A certain mustachioed Austrian is not amused.

Bullheadedness is a virtue?

Institutional dynamics in the US constitutional system are the key to undertstanding our current predicament.

Ralph Macchio is 51, the same age as Pat Morita was when “The Karate Kid” hit theaters in 1984.

The regime we fought for in Iraq is now aiding the regime we’re fighting against (at least by proxy) in Syria.

Do we ask too much of our leaders?