Outside the Beltway

Insane Clown Posse are Christians, yo. And they say Fuck a lot.

If Mark Zuckerberg hadn’t invented Facebook someone else would have. Probably within a month or two of his invention.

A case study in how one’s choice of graphing techniques can shape a debate over known data.

Is our problem that the very rich have too much money? Or that the rest of us don’t have enough?

Both the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, impressive as they are, must be understood in terms of not just applied political philosophy, but practical politics as well.

Is our Federal system a mere political compromise? Or were the Founding Fathers visionaries with a plan?

Yet another sign that the America of my youth is dead: whole wheat bread is outselling white bread.

An essay claiming that the TED talks are “the new Harvard” is gaining some traction from a lot of people who ought know better.

Unemployment is not equally distributed in America.

The White House seems to be getting annoyed at the criticism coming it’s way from the left.

Much to the disappointment of Ezra Klein and others, it’s unlikely that Democrats will have the votes necessary to change the filibuster when the 112th Congress convenes.

Remember when Democrats thought changing the rules to abolish filibustering was an outrage against the Constitution? They’re older and wiser now.

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

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.

Reporters should start posting transcripts of their interviews with newsmakers on the Web.

If you know where the JournoList archive is, Andrew Breitbart has got some cash for you.

Magazines routinely run great pieces by highly biased writers. Why can’t newspapers do the same?

A roundup of some of the more intelligent commentary on the Big Picture issues in the brouhaha of the day.

Ezra Klein is shuttering JournoList.

Sharing your unvarnished thoughts on a listserv is just asking for trouble, as Dave Weigel is the latest to discover.

While praise for the military often goes overboard, the reaction to the McChrystal flap shows our armed forces at their finest.

The extra effort it takes to go from modestly informed to well-informed is tremendous and, for 99% of the public, a ridiculous waste of time.