Outside the Beltway

The Japanese government has announced that the Fukushima Reactor suffered a partial meltdown.

Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is running for president.

I remain doubtful.

Senator Joe Lieberman said today that we should intervene in Syria using the same rationale we did for Libya. Because, you know, what’s the big deal about a fourth war?

President Obama shouldn’t be criticized for picking his NCAA tourney brackets during wartime. But he shouldn’t get much credit, either.

The federal government has spent seven years and some six million dollars pursuing Barry Bonds. Why?

President Obama’s grand coalition against Libya is a lot less than meets the eye.

Canada is leading the operation in Libya but no one is leading Canada.

Tom Ricks doesn’t understand why we need an exit strategy in Libya.

Humorous take on America’s wars.

Is asking to see a professor’s e-mails a legitimate open records request or is it an attempt at silencing a critic?

GE made $14.2 billion in profits last year but paid zero corporate taxes to the United States Government. Legally.

Natural disasters in Japan have lessened the supply of pigments necessary to make black paint.

The race for the 2012 Republican nomination is missing the one thing that GOP nomination battles have almost always had, a frontrunner.

The Libyan rebels probably aren’t strong enough to defeat Gaddafi on their own, and the no-fly zone isn’t going to be enough either. Which means this operation is going to be far more extensive than President Obama is willing to admit publicly.

They say anyone can grow up to be president. Michele Bachmann is apparently taking them at their word.