Outside the Beltway

Will Congress now take some responsibilty?

Tim Tebow has gone through three NFL teams in a little over a year. Will there be a fourth?

The Maryland Air National Guard bombed Darlene’s Tavern. Oops.

Raymond Pritchett longs for the good old days of Tom Donilan, Hillary Clinton, and Leon Panetta.

Federal civilian employees are set to get a 34 percent pay raise. The mean old man in the White House is taking it away.

The Blow Your Own Horn Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Some questions that the Administration needs to answer before attacking Syria.

Presidents have gotten away with ignoring Congress when it comes to foreign military adventures for a very long time.

Humanitarian wars have their own grammar but not their own logic.

Could anyone have imagined a decade ago a scenario when the United States would go to war with France by our side and England on the sidelines?

An Example of How Institutions Matter.

Some Members of Congress are calling for a debate before any strikes on Syria. They’re absolutely right.

The IRS will allow all married gay couples to file joint returns, but that still leaves couples in most of the country with more hoops to jump through.

Persuasion is sometimes an important part of being president.

And Republicans wonder why they have problems with minority voters.

Time for the Thursday OTB Caption Contest^TM

Managers want their employees to get off email and pick up the phone.

The United States will go to war without UN or NATO approval.

The Brat Pack Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The White House confirmed today that the goal of any military intervention in Syria would be very limited. Which makes one wonder what the point of doing anything actually is.

There’s more than one way to look at the civil war in Syria.

Three counties in New Mexico are under orders to issue licenses to same-sex couples.