Outside the Beltway

Amy Chua captured the two things we fear most: the Chinese and our children.

Actor Alec Baldwin is among hundreds being targeted by New York City for tax evasion. Is it reasonable to have to prove where you live?

The Beast has released its The 50 Most Loathsome Americans of 2010, which I gather is supposed to be amusing rather than taken seriously.

Comedienne Joan Rivers tells Howard Stern why she ditched a joke calling Michelle Obama “Backie O.”

Part two of the ongoing series blogging Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny.

Greg Mankiw has a plan for cutting the deficit.

Dr. Dre is arguing that police officers have no right to privacy.

NYT public editor Arthur Brisbane explains how it came to pass that his paper reported as fact the erroneous news that Gabrielle Giffords had been killed.

I’m blogging Mark Levin’s Conservative Manifesto. Here’s part one…

UQ’s Thoreau makes a compelling point: “Usually people blame the 2nd amendment for a mass shooting. This time they’re blaming the 1st. But why not all the others?”

Andy McNab writes books for people who like video games.

The cost/benefit ratio of tablet computers seems to be a bit…. lacking.

Christopher Hitchens explains how to make tea.

Shania Twain has married Frederic Thiebaud, former husband of Marie-Anne Thiebaud, the woman Twain’s ex-husband Mutt Lange had an affair with.

President Obama was correct to commend the Eagles for giving Michael Vick a chance to redeem himself.

The National Football League’s decision to postpone last night’s Eagles-Vikings game due to weather is receiving a lot of criticism, but they made the right choice.

Is Jon Stewart the next Edward R. Murrow? No.

A Christmas tree tweets.

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.