Outside the Beltway

One would think that people who have decided that commenting on a political blog under their own name isn’t worth the risk of blowback would feel a certain sympathy for a scientist-astronaut who values her privacy deciding not to tell the world she was gay.

Have Americans taken casual wear at the office too far? Most Americans seem to think so.

One gender gap, at least, is narrowing: American men are starting to worry about the size of their butts.

Don’t look for an effort to enact new gun laws in the wake of the Aurora shootings.

What is wrong with us?

Andrew Sullivan believes Sally Ride “had a chance to expand people’s horizons and young lesbians’ hope and self-esteem, and she chose not to.”

Because of a culture where being first is more important than being right, ABC News made a few mistakes in its Friday morning coverage of the Colorado shootings.

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died yesterday aged 61. Her obituary revealed that she was gay.

Bobby Bowden now owns the record for most wins by a head coach in college football’s top division, thanks to the NCAA taking 111 wins away from Joe Paterno. He’s quite rightly not excited about it.

A man dressed like a goat is living among the mountain goats of northern Utah.

Between the polls and the state of the economy, It’s rather obvious why the Obama campaign keeps trying to change the subject.

The cover of Patrick Wensink’s novel Broken Piano for President bore a striking resemblence to the label of a certain quality Tennessee sour mash whiskey. So, Jack Daniel’s’ lawyer sent him a nice note.

The NCAA more than lived up to the hype of “unprecedented” sanctions.

Polling racial attitudes and its linkage to support fro voter ID laws.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

It would be nice if people who make authoritative decisions had some idea what they are talking about.

A Kafkaesque legal proceeding is unfolding in Kentucky.

What happened in 1970 to decouple wages and productivity?

Some interesting developments in Pyongyang.

Carbon emissions in the U.S. have declined just as use of natural gas in electricity production has increased. That’s no coincidence.

Two liberal columnists say a recent Mitt Romney ad proves he’s out of touch—and implies that he’s running a racist stealth campaign.

Once again, the usual suspects are exploiting tragedy for political purposes.