Outside the Beltway

The question of how the world’s most wanted man could’ve hidden in plain sight in Pakistan continues to be asked.

The myth that the U.S. armed and trained Osama bin Laden in the early 80’s is rearing its ugly head again.

Americans are rallying around the President in the wake of the mission against bin Laden, but it’s likely to be short-lived.

A study shows that most national columnists and talking heads are about as accurate as a coin flip.

Gary Weddle, a schoolteacher from East Wenatchee, Washington, has cut his beard after waiting almost ten years for Osama bin Laden to be killed.

Changing our relationship status to Complicated.

Osama bin Laden is dead, but he’s succeeded in changing America for the worse.

Will the successful action against Osama bin Laden cause people on the right to stop believing crazy things about the President? Don’t count on it.

Rush Limbaugh heaps praise on President Obama for the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

The impact of the death of Osama bin Laden on the domestic politics is likely to be minimal at best.

And when did it know it?

Bin Laden spent the last half-decade in a compound where his only contact with the outside world was a few couriers.

How exactly was the most wanted man in the world able to hide in this house without anyone in Pakistan knowing about it?

A Pakistani man named Sohaib Athar unwittingly became part of history in the early hours of Sunday morning when he started telling twitter about some odd events in Abbotabad, Pakistan

I don’t feel the jubilation that came with Saddam Hussein’s capture in December 2003. Sadly, I know better this time.

Keith Urbahn, chief of staff of former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, broke the news.

Breaking News.

Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg is catching some flak for complaining that he’s “struggling like everyone else” despite a net worth in the millions.

Congress is coming back to Washington and gas prices continue to rise. Expect a lot of demagoguery, but very little in the way of solutions.

Most good government jobs require a college degree–but they don’t care much whether it’s a real one.

A conspiracy theorist is never troubled by facts.

Mashup videos: Iron Maiden and The Monkees (“The Trooper Believer”) and Pink Floyd and Bee Gees (“Stayin’ Alive in the Wall”)

Three years later, there are no signs that the real estate market is anywhere close to recovering.