Outside the Beltway

Roughly 150 years ago, the CSA was born. Is this something worthy of celebration?

NATO-Russia cooperation on missile defense is a welcome step forward.

The NFL’s “especially mercenary” push to extract new stadia from cities–even where the stadium’s practically brand-new.

An NBC analysis shows Tea Party candidates winning only 5 of 10 Senate races and 40 of 130 House races, a success rate of only 32 percent.

Harvard’s Jack Hamilton extols “Robert Plant’s Second Act” for the Atlantic. In so doing, he gives us an interesting look at the more important First Act.

We’ve been talking about the 2010 elections since, oh, the day after the 2008 elections.   Now, it’s time for final predictions.

Politico says 99 Democratic House seats are “in play.” They’re not. But dozens are.

Some Democratic candidates for Congress are working hard to distance themselves from Nancy Pelosi.

Republicans are suddenly targeting — and Democrats in some cases are conceding — House seats that were until recently considered out of play.

Daniel Larison’s “The Case Against NATO” makes compelling reading. In my New Atlanticist post “The Case Against the Case Against NATO,” I explain why it’s wrong.

A new projection of Congressional reapportionment shows a dramatic shift to traditionally Republican states in the South and Southwest.

A staffer for U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss left a threatening slur on an Internet discussion of the right of gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. military.

The Navy has fired fourteen skippers this year. Eleven of those were for personal misconduct.

Newt Gingrich is drawing fire for his comments about that the President has a “Kenyan world view.” But, will Newt every pay the price for his inflammatory rhetoric ? Don’t count on it.

It’s beginning to look like initial reports that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill had been “cleaned up” may not be true after all.

Another round of primaries last night made the playing field for November just a little bit clearer to see.

Senate Republicans want to rethink the 14th Amendment’s automatic citizenship for people born in the U.S.

Can a public university expel a student for a religiously-motivated aversion to homosexuality?

Massachusetts will become the latest state to join the National Popular Vote movement, a compact wherein states throw their Electoral College votes to the nationwide winner once enough states agree to ensure that outcome.

Among the other lessons it teaches us, the Shirley Sherrod incident shows that the Obama Administration is seemingly becoming weaker by the day.

Journalism and the New Media combined in a feeding frenzy yesterday and a woman lost her job. She probably shouldn’t have.

One year ago today, Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska after only 2 1/2 years in office.