Outside the Beltway

With everyone concerned about the budget deficit, the idea of cutting military spending is finally gaining traction on Capitol Hill.

You’re invited to attend President Obama’s birthday party. That’ll be $30,000.

General Stanley McChrystal retired with full honors while being lauded by the Secretary of Defense.

Daniel Schorr’s journalism career ended far too early, lasting a mere eighty-one years.

84 of 91 European banks passed their stress tests. How will investors react?

Feldpost für unsere Soldaten is a campaign recognizing the sacrifices of German soldiers fighting in Afghanistan.

Is Andrew Breitbart the new William F. Buckley, Jr?

If Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann gets her way, the 112th Congress will feature a lot of committees “investigating” the Obama Administration.

Jim Webb argues that we should stop measuring diversity by race alone.

A rare case of a headline underhyping the story: “Survey: Half of Journalists Think Their Offline Publications Will Eventually Fold.”

Recently Lt. Dan Choi chained himself to the White House fence to protest Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Yesterday, he found out that he’d been discharged from the Army because he’s gay.

Charles Rangel, who recently stepped aside as Chairman of House Ways And Means Committee, is facing ethics charges.

JournoList may not have been a conspiracy, but it was an example of what you might call an the closing of the journalistic mind.

Some American atheists are using hair dryers to reverse childhood baptism.

Andrew Breitbart is still patting himself on the back for a job well done in the Shirley Sherrod affair. In reality, he failed miserably.

House Republican leaders want to repeal ObamaCare. But, even if the GOP takes over Congress, Obama will still have the veto.

It would appear that the only people who have confidence in the United States Congress are the people who work there.

Newt Gingrich says that because there are no churches in Riyadh, we shouldn’t allow a mosque in New York.

If it’s online, it’s forever.

JournoList’s archives have been making headlines at The Daily Caller, but there doesn’t seem to be any substance to the allegations of scandal.

Conservatives have long complained about liberal media bias. But conservative media seems to be much worse.

Most research shows that unemployment benefits/insurance increases the duration of unemployment.

I’ve got to get a new BlackBerry or move to the iPhone and am looking for suggestions.

Democratic Governor Joe Manchin appears to have no serious challengers for the late Robert Byrd’s Senate seat.

The movie version of Captain America will dress like the flag but won’t be waving it.

Some principles transcend political borders.

Among the other lessons it teaches us, the Shirley Sherrod incident shows that the Obama Administration is seemingly becoming weaker by the day.

The median duration of unemployment is at levels not seen in decades. What do we do about it?

The inside story about a crappy wireless network’s loveless marriage with a beauty queen phone.

Now we’re doubling down on the Karzai government.

Journalism and the New Media combined in a feeding frenzy yesterday and a woman lost her job. She probably shouldn’t have.

By filling out Captcha’s two word phrases, you’re helping digitize old books. It’s still really annoying.