Outside the Beltway

Elation at discovering 33 miners still alive after over two weeks of looking for them is giving way to the reality that it will take roughly 4 months to get them out.

The task of getting aid to the 20 million victims of Pakistan’s floods may have just gotten a lot more difficult

The Army and its officer corps are becoming increasingly Southern and rural. Is this a bad thing? If so, what can we do about it?

New reports indicate that New Orleans Police were given orders to shoot looters amid the chaos after Hurricane Katrina hit the city. Fortunately, that never happened.

Firefox 4 Beta doesn’t work well with Gmail, or at least Gmail as I have it configured with various Google Labs add-ons like “Send & Archive.”

More odd developments inside the modern day version of the Hermit Kingdom

President Obama will be giving an address to schoolkids again this year. Stay tuned for the cries of “indoctrination !”

Ok, Saudi Arabia has less freedom than the US. Why do some people think that should form the basis of an argument about appropriate behavior in the US?

The guy who ran George W. Bush’s campaign and the Republican National Committee has realized after only 43 years that he likes dudes.

Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski still has a mathematical chance of pulling off a victory over Joe Miller, but it’s going to take an electoral miracle at this point.

A shorter preseason and more meaningful games may come to fruition as soon as 2012.

From the Onion News Network: “TIME Announces New Version Of Magazine Aimed At Adults”

Marco Rubio is currently leading the three way race for the open Florida Senate seat, despite not spending a dime on television advertising in recent months.

A combination of news and some lunchtime satire.

Critics of WikiLeaks have no affirmative proof that the release of tens of thousands of classified documents has gotten anyone killed. The truth is that we’ll likely never know.

Should FOX News, which is obviously pro-Republican, have a front row seat in the White House press room? Of course.

Your Tweets, Facebook wall posts, and FourSquare announcements obviously provide a lot of insights into your life. But so does what you’re not posting.

Last night’s primaries continued the anti-establishment narrative we’ve seen so far this year, and put both of the statewide offices in Florida in play.

Before Sarah Palin endorsed him, most Alaskans had never heard of Joe Miller. This morning, he’s on the verge of upsetting an incumbent Senator in the GOP Primary.

House Minority John Boehner is getting a lot of attention for calling for mass firings at the White House. The real news, though, is that his speech is shifting the focus of the political conversation back to the economy. Which is just what the GOP needs.

Why would returning to the system of allowing state legislatures to choose Senators improve representation?

Not surprisingly, Radical Islamists are taking notice of the tone of debate in the United States over the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque.”

Has MAD MEN jumped the shark? Or is it getting better?

No, the discipline isn’t having a George Constanza situation. Rather, a job market that has been dismal for decades has gotten worse.

It would appear that the Pauls have different views on Park51.

Sarah Palin’s decision to back a long-shot candidate in the GOP Senate primary in Alaska didn’t exactly work out as planned.

Most people who record television shows skip the commercials. Despite that, TV remains by far the most effective form of advertising.

The only reasons Michael Kinsley can conjure for opposing the Park51 project are bigotry and political opportunism. Unless you’re a really smart columnist.