Outside the Beltway

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

A conservative columnist argues the legitimacy of our system is in question.

Trying to make sense of that which makes no sense.

Michael Moore’s pre-election analysis is looking shockingly prescient.

Conservatives finally seem to be waking up to the truth about Sarah Palin.

The Burning Ring Of Fire Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United continue to miss the point of what the case was really about.

The GOP has sold its soul.

Judging them by their own manifesto, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are pretty silly people.

Rick Santorum is tired of “filth” atop Google searches for his name and wants the company to do something about it.

Fascinating exchange from the late 1970s.

The myth that the U.S. armed and trained Osama bin Laden in the early 80’s is rearing its ugly head again.

President Obama is once again catching flak for his leisure activities.

It’s springtime in Washington, when the buds start to grow on the Japanese Cherry trees, and political hacks come out of their holes to criticize the President for golfing.

I’m blogging Mark Levin’s Conservative Manifesto. Here’s part one…

Castro banned “Sicko” for fear that ordinary Cubans would be up in arms seeing facilities that are not available to the vast majority of them.

Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas’ new book, AMERICAN TALIBAN: HOW WAR, SEX, SIN, AND POWER BIND JIHADISTS AND THE RADICAL RIGHT, continues a long tradition in political polemics.

If you think Jimmy Carter is the Worst Figure in American History, you really need to read more.