Outside the Beltway

And the KosKids have the proof!

Science fiction writers have envisioned men flying around in their own personal jetpacks for decades. It may finally be a reality.

Across the country, Republicans are pushing laws that will make voting harder.

This is a male latrine, there shouldn’t be any drawings of dicks.

It’s hard to get paid for work others will do for nothing.

Dan Balz titles today’s column “Romney bets his candidacy on the economy.” My reaction upon seeing that was, that’s a pretty safe bet.

Holland is going to make it harder for tourists to smoke marijuana.

Gil Scott-Heron, most famous “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” has died at 62.

A majority of Americans think homosexuals account for at least a fifth of the population.

Glenn Greenwald asks two questions about the cases of Osama bin Laden and Ratko Mladic. Helpfully, the second answers the first.

Suddenly, it seems like every website known to man is foisting videos that play the instant the page loads on their readers.

Actor Jeff Conaway, best known for his role of Bobby Wheeler on “Taxi,” is dead after a drug overdose.

As Congress left town for the long weekend, the Senate Minority Leader threw a grenade into the budget negotiations.

Enough with the 57 states.

A bizarre legal case from Italy.

Commander Dave Koss, the head of the Navy’s Blue Angels, has “voluntarily” resigned after repeated unsafe maneuvers.

The next shoe has dropped in the battle between campaign finance laws and the 1st Amendment.

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani tops the latest CNN poll of Republican presidential contenders.

A profile of George Mason economist and blogger Tyler Cowen offers this amusing description: “Cowen, 49, has round features, a hesitant posture, and an unconcerned haircut.”

Allen West says Congressmen who oppose the war in Afghanistan should go over and “get shot at a few times and maybe they’d have a different opinion.”

Mitt Romney sent some leftover pizza to President Obama’s Chicago re-election team.

Herman Cain: candidate du jour or something more permanent?

Do Republicans like Herman Cain because he’s black?

Once again, Sarah Palin has made herself the center of attention in the political world.

The House of Representatives has voted 416-5 for a resolution prohibiting President Obama from sending ground troops to Libya

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wants a full debate on the PATRIOT Act. What’s Congress so afraid of?