Outside the Beltway

There may be only one solution to saving the Euro.

A Florida Judge has ordered George Zimmerman back to jail.

SpaceX’s Dragon has shown us what the future can look like.

Green Lantern is gay. The original Green Lantern. No, the other original Green Lantern.

The first shots have been fired in cyberspace. How will it end?

Bill Clinton is the latest Democrat to defend private equity, and Mitt Romney’s business record. It would appear this meme is on its last legs.

It’s another bad jobs report for May, and time once again to wonder how much slower this economy can get.

The official portrait of George W. Bush, the 43rd president, was unveiled at the White House yesterday. The ceremony was a rare display of political humor and grace.

The John Edwards trial is over. This should be the end of the matter.

An unsurprising decision on the Defense of Marriage.

Yet more evidence that this is shaping up to be a very close election.

New York City’s Mayor wants to control the size of soft drinks.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is seeking to raise money for toll roads through a user tax on their best customers.

You have Martin Luther King’s statue in your office, but you are sending these unmanned drones out, and bombs are dropping on innocent people.

The economic statistics aren’t pointing in a very optimistic direction.

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

An Internet meme that Robert Mugabe has been named UN Tourism Ambassador is untrue.

Mitt Romney is criticizing the President over his Syria policy, but his alternative ideas aren’t very good.

Romney comes down firmly on the guns side of guns and butter.

Mark Zuckerberg left at least two Italian restaurants without tipping. Apparently, he read his guide books.

We, as Americans, tend to have a limited knowledge of the institutional variation that exists across democratic systems around the world.

Yes, it is too hard to amend. A few quick thoughts on the subject.

Did the Founding Fathers make it too hard to amend the Constitution? No, they didn’t.