Outside the Beltway

Humorous take on America’s wars.

Infographic on How to Have a Rational Discussion.

This letter from legendary music journalist Lester Bangs is making the rounds

If you believe Minnesota Vikings’ Running Back Adrian Peterson, the NFL is a modern-day plantation and he’s a slave.

Earth’s moon will seem bigger Saturday night than it has since 1993. It’ll still be the same size as usual, however.

Simplest possible NCAA Tournament bracket

Ru Paul for President 2012 bumper sticker

Players from the Los Angeles Clippers chipped in to pay for the surgery of assistant coach Kim Hughes back in 2004. It’s been a secret until now.

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried is the latest idiot celebrity to damage their career on Twitter.

President Obama is once again catching flak for his leisure activities.

Automated programs are getting very good at poker and are winning large sums on online gambling sites.

If the Republicans need their own Bill Clinton, how about Mark Sanford?

This video “Teachers Unions Explained” isn’t particularly fair but it’s nonetheless amusing.

No matter how the owners and players resolve their squabble, the fans are likely to get screwed.

A Welcome to Wisconsin sign with another sign saying “A Division of Koch Industries” is going around Twitter.

An offhand comment in my post “Obama Killed Cap’n Crunch” sparked inquiries about the fate of the General Mills line of cereals featuring monster characters.

Cap’n Crunch is going the way of Joe Camel.

The peculiar habit of some Indo-Europeans of assigning gender to nouns is frustrating and amusing.

An op-ed by a Hao Leifeng in China’s Global Times argues that “Actor Charlie Sheen is a classic example of the difference in Western and Eastern values and norms.”

Charlie Sheen was the highest paid sitcom actor on the planet. Until a few minutes ago:

Why is Charlie Sheen seen as likable despite his serial abuse of women?

James Franco is a film director, screenwriter, painter, author, performance artist and actor. And working on a PhD at Yale.

Iran doesn’t like the logo for the London Olympics and is threatening to boycott if it isn’t changed.

My official statement. Please refer to this the next time somebody says something stupid.

Muammar Gadaffi’s family hired big name entertainers for parties. What with the ongoing mayhem in Libya, that’s coming under scrutiny.

A New York judge has sided with comedian Jerry Seinfeld in a bizarre lawsuit by a crazy woman who writes cookbooks.

Is Jon Stewart a useful idiot?

The Wall Street Journal is joining the modern era and dropping the practice of referring to people as “Mr.” and “Ms.” But only on the sports pages.

Democratic Congresswoman Betty McCollum has received death threats after questioning the wisdom of the U.S. Army sponsoring a NASCAR Sprint Cup team to the tune of $7 million a year.

The Toomer’s Corner trees were poisoned by a rabid Alabama fan.

IBM’s Watson computer crushed human competitors on Jeopardy. What does it mean?

“Could you please go shopping for me and buy one carton of milk, and if they have eggs, get 6!” A short time later the husband comes back with 6 cartons of milk. The wife asks him, “Why the hell did you buy 6 cartons of milk?” He replied, “They had eggs.”