Outside the Beltway

Presidential fashion choices for solemn occasions.

Canada is much friendlier than the United States with regard to immigration.

Has technology robbed us of more than it’s given in return?

As of today, the United States is legally barred from borrowing money to finance its operations. Thanks for nothing, Congress.

An attempt at explaining where I am coming from on in the health care discussion.

The bottom line is that the problem with the Ryan Plan is the Ryan Plan.

Standard & Poor’s didn’t believe the Obama Administration’s argument that Washington would be able to fix the deficit. There’s no reason they should have.

What is Donald Trump up to? Only he seems to know for sure.

Roger Ebert lays the smack down on the Atlas Shrugged film — but not for the reasons you’d think.

Nor, it would seem, are really tired clichés.

Palin thinks Israel apologizes too much and it would seem that some find this to be a profound statement.

Michelle Malkin is unhappy about being part of joke on Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me.

U.S. officials are making clear that the current mission in Libya may not lead to the end of Muammar Gaddafi’s rule. If that’s the case, then why are we there in the first place?

Will one of the worst natural disasters to hit Japan in centuries change the relationship between the Japanese government and the people?

Was the GOP’s maneuver legit? And what’s next?

Yet again: to the Commerce Clause!

President Obama’s decision to decline to defend Section Three of the Defense Of Marriage Act on appeal was a proper and appropriate exercise of his authority as President Of The United States.

Is Jon Stewart a useful idiot?

In a new Gallup poll, Americans rank Ronald Reagan as America’s Greatest President.

Sports Illustrated is trying to force subscribers to pay for a bundle of web and print services. Bad idea.

Should we spread liberal democracy by force? If necessary!

The House has voted to repeal the broken system of financing presidential elections.

The US drug policy gang: Dopey, Boozy, Smokey and Stupid?

There appears to be bipartisan support for repealing one of the most egregious tax rules in last year’s Affordable Care Act

Was John McCain’s place of birth as big an issue to the fringe left as Obama’s has been (and continues to be) to the fringe right?

More celebrations of secession are on tap.

Don Surber imagines this edition of “Hardball.”

Despite recurring predictions that the Internet and mass communications would allow people to work from anywhere, talent continues to cluster in big cities.

Are the interests of a given state different than the interests of the people living in that state?

McCain brings up “regime change” in re: the DKRP and China apparently isn’t doing enough.

Taxpayer “watchdog” groups are urging House Republicans to cut Congressional pay as an act of symbolism. It’s symbolism all right, pointless symbolism.

A Chicago voter is less than thrilled with the political slate for which he’s voting today.

Washington City Paper editor Michael Schaffer has put out a satiric memo mocking the policies NPR and others have issued to reporters regarding this weekend’s Jon Stewart – Stephen Colbert rallies

Last night’s one and only Nevada Senate Debate was an embarrassing affair all around, but it most likely sealed the electoral doom of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

New Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott wore a swastika tie to media day. Given that there are good reasons to doubt Scott has Nazi sympathies or is a covert member of the Aryan Brotherhood, we’ll chalk this up to an honest mistake.

If the Republicans win back Congress in November, it will be largely unearned. But that doesn’t mean that there’s no incentive for change in American politics.

Bill Jacobson and Glenn Reynolds seem to be overly amused that Conor Friedersdorf has the title of “senior editor” over at Andrew Sullivan’s blog.

The Associated Press tells its reports to stop using the phrase “Ground Zero Mosque.” That’s a good thing.

While it may be true that facts are stubborn things, a lot of American are stubborn in the face of them.

The Democrats are pulling a trick from the Reagan playbook for the fall campaign. They might want to rethink that.

Megan McArdle cites an academic article someone disagrees with, proving she’s a dishonest hack.

If it’s online, it’s forever.

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

My latest for The National Interest, arguing that the talk of crisis in Europe is overblown, is up. Naturally, they’ve titled it “Crisis in the EU.”