Outside the Beltway

“To Be Announced” has a prime speaking slot late in the Thursday program.

Former US Senator Arlen Specter is reportedly hospitalized with “a serious illness.”

Mitt Romney’s forces won a rules change that will allow future nominees to have more say over their conventions. While this strikes me as a no-brainer, some conservative activists are up in arms.

As its convention begins, one has to wonder what has happened to the Republican Party.

As Isaac bears down on the Gulf Coast, will the Republican Convention be even further impacted?

Justin Strine spent part of the summer in jail for violent mayhem but doesn’t understand why he’s unfit to be an Army officer.

Unless something changes, Obama remains the odds-on favorite to win.

Jon Huntsman calls for an end to “unforced errors in immigration policy.”

Though still just a Tropical Storm, Isaac has the potential to be as dangerous as Hurricane Katrina.

The Romney Campaign is reportedly planning a more aggressive campaign against the President for the fall.

Tropical Storm Isaac won’t be as much of a danger to Tampa as feared, but it’s still having an impact. That’s all because of bad scheduling ideas.

NYT executive editor Jill Abramson is shocked that her outgoing public editor thinks her paper “virtually bleeds” a “kind of political and cultural progressivism.”

To much fanfare, President Obama announced a shift in Afghan War policy in December 2009. There’s little evidence it’s worked.

A farmer in southern Nepal mistook his son for a monkey trying to steal his crops and shot the 12-year-old dead.

The former Republican governor of Florida says his former party is so extreme that it holds positions he held two years ago.

For the second Presidential election cycle in a row, a tropical storm has resulted in the postponement of the first day events at the Republican National Convention.

A true pioneer passed away today.

One of these men is going to his party’s convention, the other is not. The reason why is rather obvious.

The fact that yesterday’s shooting at the Empire State Building resulted in nine civilians being injured by police bullets raises several questions.

New York’s police commissioner admits that his officers recklessly wounded 9 innocent bystanders at the Empire State Building yesterday.

Romney declared “I believe the president was born in the United States” on national television the day after he announced his 2012 campaign.

The fallout from Todd Akin’s rape comments on Sunday has exposed a rift in the Republican Party.

The GOP is set to approve rules changes that will impact the 2016 primaries, and beyond. They’re a good start.

Mitt Romney says his joke that “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate” wasn’t a swipe at the president and once again declared “There’s no question about where [Obama] was born.”

UVA says a presidential visit isn’t worth the hassle or expense. They’re right.

Apple has won a huge victory in the smart phone patent wars. If the news reporting is accurate, the outcome doesn’t pass the common sense test.

TechCrunch’s Alexia Tsotsis declares “Siri Is The New Clippy.”

An old woman with no painting skills was allowed to restore an old painting. Oddly, it didn’t turn out very well.