Outside the Beltway

Like in Bahrain, the Libyan authorities are not tolerating protests.

The protests in Bahrain have taken a different path than those in Egypt.

“Could you please go shopping for me and buy one carton of milk, and if they have eggs, get 6!” A short time later the husband comes back with 6 cartons of milk. The wife asks him, “Why the hell did you buy 6 cartons of milk?” He replied, “They had eggs.”

Being unemployed, especially in the long term, makes it less likely to get hired.

You don’t have to be Admiral Akbar to suspect that the President’s refusal to deal with entitlements in his budget proposal is a trap for the GOP.

Critics of the GOP’s efforts to restrict Federal funding of abortion and related services confuse the concept of the right to have an abortion with the idea that someone has a claim on taxpayer dollars.

Thanks to the help of a group of Tea Party Freshman in the House. Congress has finally cut off funding for a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that the Pentagon never wanted.

Prominent commentators on the Left and Right are amused by an outrageous assault on CBS reporter Lara Logan.

Tweeting feels like IM’ing but it’s more like blogging.

Rick Santorum is upset that a Google search for his name produces a string of unflattering material. You should be, too.

Politico (Jay Carney got $270K from Time magazine after leaving) has uncovered a major payola scandal. Or is hyping a complete non-story.

Ten days is not a lot of time for constitutional reform.

It turns out the Iraq War was indeed based, in part at least, on a lie.

Here are some cooking tips from a master chef.

The success of Christian conservatives in blocking efforts to legalize Sunday alcohol sales in Georgia demonstrates why concentrating solely on national politics is a mistake.

The White House Press Office produces a blog, YouTube channel, Flickr photo stream, Facebook and Twitter profiles, and daily video programming.

Four years after Barack Obama became a Presidential candidate, the birther myth not only persists, it seems to be becoming more prevalent. Why?

We need to remember who actually sets the budget and, further, who is ultimtately responsible for the behavior of politicians.

The 2012 GOP nominee will have to raise $300 million and assemble a top-notch staff.

For many Ph.Ds, the Ed.D. represents the ticket to the administrative high life, the white flag to academic scholarship, and the tramp stamp of the compromising careerist.

The next-generation iPhone 5 is rumored to have a 4 inch screen and even a slide-out keypad.