Outside the Beltway

Continuing problems with the coalition operation in Libya reinforce an old military adage: You fight like you train.

Remember when President Obama said there would be “no boots on the ground” in Libya? You didn’t actually believe that, did you?

History tells us that if there is a shutdown tonight, it will most likely be a short one.

For a small group of people—perhaps just 1% to 3% of the population—sleep is a waste of time.

Why in the hell are Federal taxpayers footing the bill for residential trash collection in DC?

Games legislators play…

For the past day or so, America’s fighting men have been pawns in a cynical political game.

The systemic risks of financial institutions haven’t changed much since 2008.

A government shutdown is not just a hypothetical in a debating contest. It will affect real people.

Video entertainment is moving in two seemingly opposite directions simultaneously.

France’s top court refused to allow French citizenship for 10-year-old twin girls born to a surrogate mother in the United States.

Another bizarre case from the annals of rogue judges and runaway sentencing.

Breathless hysteria over the trend toward a less white America misses an important fact: most Hispanics are white.

Glenn Beck will leave his Fox News show in December.

The war on childhood fun reaches the East Coast.

The re-emergence of Obama foreign policy advisor Samantha Power to prominence has brought critics to the forefront

Bristol Palin was paid $262,500 by Candies Foundation as an anti-teen pregnancy spokesman. That’s 7 times what they spent on teen pregnancy prevention.

There are still three days left, but it’s looking less and less likely that a budget deal will be reached in time to avoid a government shutdown.

Paul Ryan unveiled an ambitious plan to cut the deficit today. The question is whether it will be the beginning of a debate, or an opportunity for Democratic demagoguery