Outside the Beltway

Not surprisingly, people still order that big juicy cheeseburger even after being told it contains over 1,000 calories.

As of June 17, Sarah Palin is a registered US trademark, serial number 85-170,226.

Gil Scott-Heron, most famous “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” has died at 62.

Humorist David Sedaris says that he can get $500 a night in his tip jar “for candy” but the same people would probably give a beggar outside 75 cents.