Outside the Beltway

Are the American people tuning out of politics altogether?

This week we learned that even breast cancer can become politicized. Is there anything that can’t at this point?

Are the Republicans the party of Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich? Or a viable contender for the White House?

After almost a year of campaigning, it’s finally time for someone to cast a vote.

What does the Cain candidacy say about the contemporary GOP?

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

What do this people want? Can’t you read the signs?

Barack Obama uses a teleprompter. This is not a big deal.

Rick Perry has gotten the most and best coverage thus far in the campaign. President Obama has gotten mostly negative coverage.

Despite what the media keeps saying, there’s no real evidence that GOP voters are dissatisfied with the 2012 field.

Are we placing far too much importance on how someone does in a two hour so-called “debate”?

If you’re interested in knowing how the candidates would handle a foreign policy crisis, last night’s debate was mostly unhelpful.

Why talk to boring experts when you can, instead, air some more bickering?

Supreme Court nominees were confirmed quite easily within recent memory. What’s changed?

Now that the storm has passed, the media is being accused of over-hyping Hurricane Irene.

Is she in or is she out? And does it matter?

The two Minnesotans in the Presidential race are starting to trade barbs.

The biggest news story of the past six weeks was something completely trivial.

A Florida jury has found Casey Anthony not guilty of murdering her daughter. The criminal justice system works.

What if in 1861 a cable news network existed to broadcast the events of the day?

The debate format was the biggest loser last night, but there were a few memorable moments in New Hampshire.

Beck heads to the internet.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

The Anthony Weiner reveals once again the odd American obsession with the intersection of sex and politics.

Sure, there’s a lot of crap out there. But it’s easier to find good information and engage with experts than ever.

Herman Cain: candidate du jour or something more permanent?

Newt Gingrich and his wife had a quarter million dollar line of credit at Tiffany’s. A story, a scandal, or much ado about nothing? I’ll take Door Number Three.

With the customary hand-wringing over the low quality of the presidential field well underway, the corollary pining for other candidates to join the race is starting.

Sunday’s announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden was the latest example of how Twitter has become the go-to source for “Breaking News.”

The question of how the world’s most wanted man could’ve hidden in plain sight in Pakistan continues to be asked.

Whenever I despair at the current state of the Republican Party, I remind myself that things aren’t much better across the aisle.

Fewer Americans are watching cable news networks, and that’s not surprising.

Al Jazeera English is kicking the butts of the American news networks on the Egypt story. Why?

The coverage of Egypt shows an over-reliance on pundits and an under-reliance on actual experts.

Twenty-five years ago today, the American space program came crashing to Earth in a horrible accident.

Didn’t we just talk about this?

The American media and Sarah Palin have developed an odd symbiotic relationship, and it’s unlikely to change anytime soon.