Outside the Beltway

The Air Force has suspended a course that teaches nuclear officers that Christian ethics permit them to do their job.

Condi Rice’s speechwriter thinks Huntsman can appeal to the Tea Party.

Now that America’s political leadership have probably averted a self-inflicted global economic calamity, it’s time to assess the winners and losers.

Much like bills named for dead children, there’s a very high likelihood that any bill with “protecting children” and/or “pornographers” in the title is a) a very bad idea, b) a very stupid idea, c) of dubious Constitutionality, or, as here, d) all of the above.

Steven Metz muses, “Scholars argue that too much political mobilization can make democracies dysfunction. Is that where the US is today?”

On paper, the U.S. lost $1.3 billion on the Chrysler bankruptcy, but the true cost is far higher than that.

Does a family court have the authority to tell a parent to delete a blog critical of his ex-wife?

Daniel Indiviglio makes “The Case for Making Wages Public: Better Pay, Better Workers.”

Reports of the death of the space program are greatly exaggerated.

It won’t go anywhere this year, but after 15 years someone is finally trying to repeal a bad law.

Speculation about Michele Bachmann’s health continues.

What constitutes a true threat?

One of the GOP’s staunchest media allies isn’t too impressed with their Balanced Budget Amendment.

We need to have a serious debate on taxes and spending. And it would be nice if the debate was honest.

A Presidential candidate’s medical condition is entirely relevant to their fitness for office.

Let’s look at the actual proposal.

The star of a controversial reality show about polygamy is suing to have Utah’s law that makes his living arrangement illegal struck down.

Two economists look at a 30 year investment in a home versus putting the same money in the stock market.

I’m continually shocked when demonstrably bright and accomplished people fall in love with authoritarian states.

More people are chasing careers in film than there are careers in film. And not just in front of the camera.

A few liberal law professors say Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should resign now so President Obama can pick her successor.

Danger Room’s Spencer Ackerman reports on an alleged secret CIA interrogation facility somewhere in the former Soviet Union.

A Federal Appeals Court struck down an Amendment to the Michigan Constitution today as unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court struck down a ban on the sale of violent video games to children, a victory for the First Amendment and parental authority.

If someone had given me ten guesses as to the biggest electricity hog in my house, I’d have never guessed it: The set-top box that houses my DirecTV signal and DVR.

On paper, Jon Huntsman looks like a great General Election candidate. The problem is it seems impossible for him to win the GOP nomination.

How many Texas politicians does it take to screw in a non-communist light bulb?

CA’s budget battles continue.

The race for the GOP nomination is taking shape.

A very provocative decision on same-sex marriage from an unlikely source.

Never popular with his colleagues, Anthony Weiner may now be the least liked Member.

Austan Goolsbee is resigning as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors to return to the University of Chicago.

One law school grad seems to think the solution to her employment problems is to sue her law school.

A bizarre legal case from Italy.

Prisons can be so overcrowded as to constitute cruel and inhuman punishment.