Outside the Beltway

Our 24/7 media culture has created a climate where persons accused of sensational crimes are presumed guilty.

If South Carolina’s Jim DeMint has his way, the Senate won’t be conducting any business unless he approves of it.

Kim Jong Il’s reclusive third son is now on a path to inherit leadership of the country founded by his Grandfather.

Vice-President Biden has a message for the Democratic base — stop complaining and just support us already.

The use of “partner” to describe someone with whom one is in a romantic relationship has interesting connotations.

An amusing parody of the typical press report on a new scientific finding.

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is leaving his job at week’s end to run for mayor of Chicago.

Seems Grayson’s getting desperate.

The Obama White House is asserting that the President has the authority to issue assassination orders against American citizens, and that no Court has the authority to review his decision. If that doesn’t worry you, it should.

Mary Anastasia O’Grady takes Jeffery Golodberg to task over his interview with Fidel Castro. Much hilarity (or, at least, poor analysis) ensues.

If the Obama Administration gets it’s way, your secure Internet communications won’t really be all that secure.

More than ever before in the past, Fox News Channel will be the exclusive medium through which many of the candidates for the 2012 Republican nomination communicate with the public. And that’s a problem.

Under what conditions might we see filibuster reform?

A new projection of Congressional reapportionment shows a dramatic shift to traditionally Republican states in the South and Southwest.

A newly released poll on the Kentucky Senate race may not be an accurate measure of what’s actually going on in that race.

If the 2012 election were held today, President Obama would be in serious trouble. Luckily for him, he has two years to go.

Paul Krugman says there’s zero evidence for structural causes for unemployment. It’s just a demand problem. How do we spark demand, then?

Bob Woodward reports that President Obama was looking for options other than staying the course in Afghanistan. The military didn’t provide any.

Jack Conway is now only 2 points behind Tea Party favorite Rand Paul.

The numbers tell us we’re not in a recession, but the public thinks otherwise.

If the United Nations has its way, E.T. will be meeting an obscure Malaysian astrophysicists if he arrives.

Do those who succeed in our economy benefit unequally from the benefits of government?

Just because somebody pay you money don’t mean they’ll make you do whatever they want or whatever.

After several years in the wilderness, Dick Morris has returned as a Fox News analyst and, bizarrely, adviser to several Republican candidates for Congress.

Thanks to the Internet, there are a lot more Willy Lomans out there.

While Congress continues to refused to act, another Federal Judge has struck a blow against the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy.

President Obama’s approval is at its lowest point to date, matching President Clinton’s in 1994. It’s 14 points higher than his predecessor’s.

A Vanity Fair piece imagines what John Lennon’s life would have been like had he survived an assassin’s bullet.

Public trust in Congress is at an all time low, again, and the public doesn’t trust either party to fix things.

Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the iconic HOPE poster, is disappointed with President Obama.

Many commenters on civil-military relations change their tune according to whose ox is gored.

A history book used in Texas until 2003 mentions Islam more than Christianity. Much outrage ensues.

Tracking “freedom” and American defense spending provides some interesting insights.

Meghan McCain canceled an appearance at Juniata College with only three days’ notice, citing “several unforeseen professional responsibilities.” She tweeted that she was “headed to sin city with my favorite crew of sinners instead.”

Apparently, riding in a gilded carriage with footmen does not preclude one from seeking welfare funds in the United Kingdom.

The Republican “Pledge to America” is chock full of photographs of Real Americans. And they’re disproportionately old white people.