Outside the Beltway

How would the addition of Susan Rice and Samantha Power to the President’s foreign policy team affect policy toward Syria’s civil war?

The TIGTA audit reveals the BOLO “Tea Party” list was right 81% of the time. But does that change anything?

Dave Schuler has roused himself from his boredom with the news to comment on the passing of Bob Fletcher, of whom I’d never heard. It’s a story worth hearing if you haven’t.

Tax analyst Martin A. Sullivan finds that 1/3rd of “potentially political applications” approved by the IRS were from non-conservative groups.

Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is under fire for academic fraud.

Syria isn’t Libya.

Denied her chance at being Secretary of State, Susan Rice will be moving to a position that is arguably just as important in shaping American foreign policy.

Finland gives all parents of newborns a cardboard box for their babies to sleep in. No, they’re not homeless.

Has the Arab Spring come to Turkey?

Chris Christie has picked a short date for the Special Election to replace Frank Lautenberg. Already, members of his own party are complaining.

TIME says Cuccinelli vs. McAuliffe is “The Dirtiest, Nastiest, Low-Down Campaign In America.”

Facebook billionaire Sean Parker wanted an elaborate wedding based on the Lord of the Rings and wasn’t going to let little things like the law or some environmental damage stop him.

President Obama threw down a gauntlet today in the form of a trio of Judicial nominations.

Just about all of the substantive information in the excerpts was already revealed in the TIGTA audit.

A weird story from rural Alabama.

Federal workers are facing being laid off several days without pay; they’re being advised not to seek private sector employment to make up the difference.

NYU’s Geoffrey Miller has done a groundbreaking study connecting obesity, and particularly the consumption of simple carbohydrates, with failure to complete doctoral dissertations.

If there’s one thing that our generals and admirals agree on it’s that generals and admirals should retain their power.

The same story yet again.

The state of Mississippi is going to use DNA evidence to track down statutory rapists. Why not deadbeat dads?

Several top Administration officials have secret email addresses, the Associated Press reports.

Dr. Keith Ablow lays out the case that President Obama is conducting psychological warfare on us.

Yesterday, I noted that the theme park business is booming and suggested that, based on how crowded the parks are, Disney should raise their prices. It turns out that they had done just that the night before.

Chris Beck spent 20 years as a Navy SEAL. Kristen Beck has written a book about her experiences.

Starting today, the fate of Pfc. Bradley Manning is on trial in a courtroom at Fort Meade, Maryland.

Conflicting provisions in New Jersey law could turn scheduling a Special Election to replace Frank Lautenberg into a big legal battle.

Another body blow to the Fourth Amendment from the Supreme Court.

Some interesting choices ahead for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie

Republicans have problems with the younger generation that they will need to fix if they’re going to succeed in the future.