Outside the Beltway

Two Ohio congressional districts are taking their talents to South Beach.

Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies should rightly be enormously proud of their accomplishments. But comparing them to John Wooden’s is embarrassing.

Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News is a must-read for NFL fans, always offering sharp insights into the game garnered over decades of experience. But, like anyone else, he can develop silly theories from anecdotal evidence.

Here’s the trailer for Marvel Studios’ “Thor.”

Gerard Van der Leun passes on a professorial rant entitled “Why You Got A ‘C'” that’s likely to be amusing primarily to those who have taught undergraduates.

Given that Batman has quasi-official sanction from the Gotham Police, aren’t his tactics illegal?

Don Surber imagines this edition of “Hardball.”

The Julian Assange case makes Sweden look like a country that’s governed by congenital idiots and populated with nothing but crazy sluts and lawyers.

Aaron Sorkin gets “happy” when hunters accidentally kill one another.

Joe Biden: “Obama: On the way to a failed presidency?”

Michael Wilbon departs the Washington Post after more than 30 years to work full time at ESPN. Here are his last — and first — columns.

SNL’s Julian Assange spoof isn’t their best work but it’s mildly amusing

While the University of Oregon’s athletic programs are flourishing in a seas of green, its academic programs are woefully underfunded.

The editors of the Washington Post want you to know that “Fair Game,” the new movie about the Valerie Plame affair, is “Hollywood myth making.” Propaganda and lies is more like it.

Shocking Headline Of The Day: “Willie Nelson charged with pot possession in Texas.”

“Ugly Betty” actor Michael Brea killed his mother with a samurai sword while screaming Bible passages.

Because no one should live in a world where Han didn’t shoot first.

The Atlantic’s Dave Thier laments that, “The Beatles on iTunes Means Your Kids May Never Hear ‘Her Majesty’

The NFL’s “especially mercenary” push to extract new stadia from cities–even where the stadium’s practically brand-new.

A new survey shows that political ideology leads to different television viewing habits. This shouldn’t be surprising.

Bristol Palin’s success on Dancing With The Stars is apparently due largely to the fact that she is Sarah Palin’s daughter. That tells us much more about Sarah Palin’s supporters than it does either Sarah or Bristol.

His career seemingly over after being trounced in an independent bid for the Senate, Florida Governor Charlie Crist is turning his attention to the pressing matter of three-decade-old conviction of a long dead pop singer.

An imaginary letter from Mick Jagger to “the journalist Bill Wyman” in reference to Keith Richards’ new autobiography has been making the rounds. Oddly, everyone seems to think Jagger actually wrote the piece.

“I’m terribly surprised that everyone everywhere on the political spectrum (here and there) is using Tuesday’s results as confirmation of the assumptions they’ve held all along.” – Josh Marshall

Now that the Republicans have control of the House, wheres the jobs? Why isn’t the economy fixed yet? Why do we still have a deficit? Why are we still in recession? Are Republicans secretly Muslim and trying to ruin our country?