Outside the Beltway

Thanks to Edward Snowden, the Washington Post and the Guardian are Pulitzer Prize winners.

The Second Amendment isn’t broken, and you don’t fix things that aren’t broken.

In retrospect, and in comparison with other recent Presidents, George Herbert Walker Bush’s four years in office were pretty darn good.

Unlike David Vitter, he didn’t break the law.

The editorial board of the nation’s newspaper of record laments a quarter century-old trend.

What could possibly go wrong?

We should expect to pay more for the least undesirable seats.

NATO may be preparing to send Russia a message.

The current Congress is on pace to pass fewer laws and bills than any since the end of World War II. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Could economic chaos bring Egyptians back out into the streets?

Perhaps the only good thing you can say about Virginia Delegate Robert Marshall is that, while he may be nuts, at least he’s consistently nuts.

Despite the fact that she asserted her right against self-incrimination, a House Committee has voted to hold Lois Lerner in contempt for refusing to testify.

Once again, the Tea Party wing of the GOP is talking about taking out John Boehner.

At least on Capitol Hill, the political middle is dead and buried.

A step up from The Colbert Report.

Electronic payments are convenient but sometimes there’s nothing better than money in your pocket.

Bill Clinton seems far more understanding of Edward Snowden than the current President

JR is from Texas wants you to know that Texas is big. No, bigger than that.

Today in “Dumb Things Republicans Say.”

There may be no resolution to what has become the most expensive search in history.