Outside the Beltway

Gene Weingarten is not a fan of journalists building a brand.

Florida Today’s Jeff Parker offers this take on President Obama’s Afghanistan “drawdown,” which will culminate in getting American forces down to Bush era levels by the end of 2012.

Daily Show host Jon Stewart spent 15 minutes on yesterday’s Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace trying to explain why he thinks Fox is a propaganda machine.

Nate Beeler titles his latest cartoon “The Duffer.”

Samuel L. Jackson was the natural choice for the audio book version of Go The Fuck to Sleep.

Apparently, some people haven’t gotten over Lebron James taking his talents to South Beach.

After a decade, the Army is reversing the most hideous decision in its long history.

DC is once again resetting the clock on its universe and starting all its books over with issue #1.

A company called Hero Builders is offering this for sale

Actor Alec Baldwin may run for mayor of New York.

James Arness, best known as the iconic Marshal Dillon on Gunsmoke, has died at 88.

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has announced his retirement after 19 years as a pro. On Twitter.

President Obama has issued a Proclamation designating June 2011 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.”

Broadway actors are aiming a familiar lament at Hollywood stars: They’re taking our jobs!

Jim Tressel has resigned as head coach of the Ohio State football team.

This is a male latrine, there shouldn’t be any drawings of dicks.

Actor Jeff Conaway, best known for his role of Bobby Wheeler on “Taxi,” is dead after a drug overdose.

Stephen Colbert has been running an ongoing shtick in which he’s trying to start a political action committee, gets letters from his Viacom bosses poo-pooing the idea, and then inviting his lawyer on to explain ways to get around these concerns.

Now here’s a story you don’t see every day: The head coach of a major college basketball team leaving for a service academy.

Is Donald Trump back in the race? Not yet, but he hasn’t ruled it out.

“Our records indicate that your annual income for the 2011 taxable year was $2,170,000,000,000. You have requested a credit limit of $17,000,000,000,000. These figures exceed the American Public’s guidelines for credit issuance”

Willie Nelson is torn between Gary Johnson and Dennis Kucinich.

When one realizes that Trump is basically a brand, rather than anything else, his PR foray into politics makes more sense.

Go The Fuck to Sleep, the children’s book aimed at parents, has become an Internet sensation and reached #1 on Amazon well before its release owing to a leaked copy.

Superman doesn’t hate America after all!

Video of the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden